DP World opens Qasim terminal…
NewsDP World officially launched operations at Terminal 2 in Port Qasim in Pakistan earlier this month when the CMA CGM WAGNER became the first ...
Work begins on Pakistan deepwater terminal
NewsChina Harbour Engineer ing Co (CHEC) has started preliminary infrastructure work on Pakistan’s new deepwater container terminal at the Kea...
Losses grow at Gwadar
NewsThe failure of Pakistan’s Navy to hand over land to Gwadar port operator PSA International to build warehousing facilities is turning the ...
Tax-free Gwadar
NewsThe Pakistani government has declared PSA-operated Gwadar port a tax free zone for 10 years to woo investment to the planned Export Processi...
Pakistan plans to buy Chinese locomotives
NewsChina’s Exim Bank has agreed to provide a loan for the purchase of 75 locomotives for Pakistan Railways and has submitted its terms and co...
Karachi terminal to cost US$457M
NewsInitial investment by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) in the construction of Karachi New Port (KNP) Container Terminals is estimated at US$457...
Pakistan, Turkey and Iran plan rail container service
NewsThe railways of Pakistan, Iran and Turkey will operate a demonstration container train on 14 August this year...
Mega project for Karachi
NewsKarachi Port Trust (KPT) will launch its US$1B Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP) project next month (see WorldCargo News September ...
Pakistan to extend box scanning
NewsFollowing its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% scr...
…raises loan for Pakistan terminal…
NewsDP World (DPW) has raised a loan of Rs5B (US$75.4M) for the new container terminal it is building at Pakistan’s Port Qasim at an estimated...
Work begins on Gwadar Phase II
NewsSingapore port operator PSA International has started preliminary planning work to build the US$840M second phase of Pakistan’s Gwadar dee...
HPH inks Pakistan deal
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has signed an agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to build a new container terminal east of Keamari Groyne...
HPH wins Pakistan terminal bid
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong has won the bid to develop and operate a four-berth container terminal near Pakistan’s Karachi ...
Pakistan rejects Kabul port access demand
NewsPakistan has rejected Afghanistan’s demand for direct access to its ports to transport cargoes imported under the Afghan Transit Trade Agr...
Pakistan to screen US-bound boxes
NewsPakistan has launched the International Container Security Project (IC3) at Port Qasim in Karachi to become the first country to participate...