Gwadar Port is the third port of Pakistan - Karachi and Port Qasim being the other two. It's the First Free Trade Port of Pakistan, and, also the First Deep Sea port of the entire region. Gwadar borders on Arabian Sea and lies in the Balochistan Province. It is about 533 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border. Gwadar Port is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and outside the Straits of Hormuz, where majority of the world's oil passes daily. It is near the key shipping routes used by the mainline vessels in the region with connections to Africa, Asia and Europe and enjoys high commercial and strategic significance.

Various professional studies manifest that Gwadar Port location is the most advantageous one as an alternative port, which could handle mother ships and large oil tankers in due course.

It will act as catalyst for large number of related projects like:-

1. Trans-shipment of bulk cargo
2. Oil storage, refinery and petrochemicals
3. Export processing and industrial zones
4. Export of minerals/livestock
5. Services (hotels, accommodation, tourism)

PURPOSE

The purpose of developing this port was to stimulate economic growth in the western and northern parts of Pakistan, utilizing the available coastline resources of the country and also providing an outlet for the land locked Central Asian Countries and Afghanistan through transit trade and offering transshipment facilities.

 Land Distances From Gwadar

Quetta is located at 970 Kms
Turbat is located at 164 Kms
Gabd is located at 120 Kms
Karachi is located at 533 Kms
Ratodero is located at 892 Kms

PORT PROFILE

Current port infrastructure

•  3 multipurpose berths, each 200 meters long.
• 1 Ro–Ro berth
• 1 service berth, 100 meter
• 4.5 km long approach channel dredged to 11.5 m inner harbor and 12.5 m outer harbor
• Width of channel 165 m
• Port basin with turning areas with diameter of 400 m
• Related port infrastructure and port handling equipment, pilot boats, tugs, survey vessels, etc.
• The port, currently, has the capacity to handle 50,000 DWT bulk carriers and 25,000 DWT container vessels.
• Engineering Consultants International (Pvt) Ltd (ECIL), a leading Pakistan consultancy firm has been engaged in supervising all the shore civil works under construction at Gwadar and design the East Bay Express way and supervision of all its construction works.

Current Port Facilities (in M2)

• Port access road area
• Port roads                                                         58,378 sq-m
• Cargo stacking area                                         134,400 sq-m
• Container stacking area                                   48,278 sq-m
• Reefer area (400 points)                                  367 sq-m
• Empty container stacking area                         6,875 sq-m
• Storage yard                                                    28,669 sq-m
• Transit shed                                                     3,750 sq-m
• Hazardous cargo storage yard                        1,800 sq-m
• Control tower (foot print only)                         1,536 sq-m
• Buoy yard                                                        1,500 sq-m
• Generator building                                           593 sq-m
• Maintenance workshop (general)                    1,440 sq-m
• Vehicles workshop                                           450 sq-m
• Security building                                              165 sq-m
• GPA Offices, Customs, Immig. per floor:          4 ,144 sq-m
• Mosque 324 sq-m
• Operations office and canteen. Per floor:        1,742 sq-m
• Lorry car park                                                 1,125 sq-m
• Future development area                              118,575 sq-m
• Access road                                                   4,620 sq-m
• Security fencing                                            1,854 meter run
• Reclaimed area not developed                      462,000 sq-m

MASTER PLAN

To ensure future developments are carried out in an orderly, coordinated and planned manner, the Authority has appointed Artur D. Little (ADL), Malaysia, Lyon Associates, USA and Indus Associated Pakistan to prepare a Master Plan for the Port, the related infrastructure and the business plan for the port. The consultants assignment is to cover:

• Land use/allocations Infrastructure Development
• Transport and communication
• Local economy
• Social activities/services
• Tourism and hotels
• Environmental concerns
• Institutional and organizational setup
• Marketing of Gwadar Port

Based on a thorough economic and industrial analysis, shipping trends analysis and long term forecasting study (undertaken by Arthur D. Little), a master plan for the development of Gwadar Port was developed and adopted in 2006. The plan uses a planning horizon of fifty years. The outlook plan for 2055 envisions a total quay-length of 50 km, a total throughput volume of 300-400 million tons of cargo and a port land area of about 10,000 hectares.

The master plan also contains a physical development program for the first 15 years, covering the period 2006-2021. The traffic forecasts developed for the next 15-20 years indicate cargo volumes in the range of 50-60 million tons per year.

More details on the different cargo terminals planned under the 15-year physical development program are provided below.
 

PORT OPERATOR

Concession agreement between Gwadar Port Authority and PSAI-AKD Group was signed on 6th February 2007

Website: http://www.psa.com.sg

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

The development of a Special Economic zone, will bring additional economic activities to the area and provide further boost to the Port. The Government intends to provide the investors with the most attractive working conditions, liberal concessions, and incentives and all other facilities of international standard.