Gwadar Port Pakistan

Pakistan currently has two major international deep sea ports: Karachi Port and Port Qasim. In the coming years, demand for their capacity expansion programs is unlikely to meet the expected growth, which will require a third port to fill the gap.

In particular, the port of Karachi has significant physical limitations and will not grow at the same pace as national growth in demand over the coming decades. These boundaries are mainly due to its location, which is in the city of Karachi itself, which has seen rapid growth in recent years.

In the case of Port Qasim, although it has a large physical space for expansion, the potential speed of its development is hampered by its upper part, which is more than 42 km from the open sea. Is. As a result, there are longer delays. This is not a problem for cargoes connected to industries near the port, but it is a costly loss for cargoes whose origins and locations are elsewhere.

In this context, the construction and opening of the third deep port for Pakistan was considered timely so as not to hamper national development in future due to lack of capacity of the national port. Given the expected rapid growth in port capacity demand, it is also important to continue to increase Gwadar port capacity in the coming decades.

Introduction to Gwadar

Location Gwadar

Gwadar is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea in the western province of Balochistan. It is about 3,333 km from Karachi and 122 km from the Iranian border. The port of Gwadar is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Gwadar District Demography

Gwadar District covers a coastal zone. The main cities in the zone are Pasni, Gwadar and Giwani (near the Iranian border)

Estimated population in 2004: 216,000 (Gwadar district)

Geographical area - 12,638 sq km.

Population density - 14.8 people per square kilometer

Beach - about 302 km

Gwadar City Population - An estimated 80,000

Land distance from Gwadar

Quetta 971 km

Turbat 166 km

Gabd 122 km

Karachi 631 km

Ratodro 890 km

Gwadar Port Pakistan