Gwadar
Port
Gwadar "The Door to Wind" is one of the well placed ports for the development of global trade.
Gwadar Port
Gwadar, a small fishing village has become one of the most important towns of region and is poised to become one of the most important and modern cities of the Middle East, West Asia and the South Asia.
Gwadar deep sea port will become gateway port for Pakistan and the region and a world –class maritime hub.
Gwadar Port is to Complement Karachi Port and Port Qasim in order to stimulate economic growth of Pakistan and in particular Balochistan utilising the available resources of the country and also providing an outlet for land locked Central Asian Countries western China and Afghanistan through transit trade and offering trans shipment facilities.
The development of both Gwadar City and Gwadar Port will provide important contributions to the socio-economic development of Pakistan , cater for General cargo, Bulk cargo, container, RORO ships , Potential Trans shipment Hub for Mother Vessels ,facilitate trade and industrial and economic development, nationally, locally and regionally.
Strategic Position of Gwadar On the shores of the Arabian Sea Gwadar Port is strategically a well located port at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, just outside the Straits of Hormuz, near the key shipping routes accommodating a flow of million barrels oil per day and a large quantity of bulk, break-bulk and containerized cargo, the port neighbours the emerging Indian and South East Asian economies. On land, the port springs the Pak-China Economic Corridor and has connectivity with all major markets of Pakistan which will be further extended to neighbouring markets of China, Iran, Afghanistan, and other landlocked CAR’s market.
A well-deserved Alternate to the local Ports , shortest access channels with wide turning basin , supported by well-planned, Large Free Zone (923 hectares), and numbers of EPZs (Export Processing Zones) & Trading Zones.
