Sea Port / Dry Port and Maritime Updates.

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The largest cargo vessel calling Karachi specks for the fact that country own shipping is almost nonexistent. Foreign carrier are taking away close to usd 5 billions on account of freight. Who would leave such a lucrative port.

What is PNSC doing that is the real question?

 

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What is PNSC doing that is the real question?

Pakistan is actively expanding its fleet from today 12 to 54 by 2030. Target is 80 fleets by 2035. That will save Pakistan close to $3bn/year in freight cost.

 

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Pakistan is actively expanding its fleet from today 12 to 54 by 2030. Target is 80 fleets by 2035. That will save Pakistan close to $3bn/year in freight cost.

Better late than never. But in Pakistan nothing is done until is actually done.

Otherwise, no foreign carrier will leave this port which for them is like a golden egg laying goose.

 

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More than 2,000 BYD New Energy Vehicles have arrived at Karachi Port aboard a Roll-on/Roll-off vessel, marking one of the largest BYD vehicle consignments to reach Pakistan to date.

This milestone reflects our commitment to enhancing vehicle availability across the country and meeting the growing demand for smarter, cleaner mobility.

 

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SEA PORT, KARACHI IN 1910 (BRITISH ERA)

 

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Gwadar becomes key trade gateway

GWADAR: Commercial operations at Gwadar Port continue uninterrupted despite the prevailing regional maritime tensions, with another transhipment vessel arriving at the port to handle cargo, underscoring growing international confidence in Pakistan’s deep-sea port.

According to official details, the Bangladesh-flagged vessel M/V Jahan Brothers II berthed at Gwadar Port on Saturday after sailing from Singapore. The ship is carrying 53,064.660 tonnes of prime steel billets, which are ultimately destined for Al Hamriyah Port in the United Arab Emirates.

The cargo will be temporarily unloaded and stored at Gwadar Port before being reloaded onto another vessel for onward shipment to the UAE as part of a transhipment operation.

Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Noor-ul-Haq Baloch said the continuation of port and commercial activities despite regional challenges demonstrates that Gwadar is establishing itself as a safe, reliable and efficient regional trade hub.


He noted that Gwadar Port is reinforcing its importance as an alternative trade route for regional commerce.

Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2026

Gwadar becomes key trade gateway

Bangladesh-flagged vessel M/V Jahan Brothers II berths at Gwadar Port from Singapore as part of transshipment operation.

www.dawn.com

 

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Port Qasim begins $2b makeover

Dredging, railway link for Reko Diq minerals among mega projects

KARACHI:
Work is underway on development projects worth billions of dollars to transform Port Qasim, Pakistan's second-largest commercial port, into a modern, world-class facility. New investment of $2 billion is expected at the port, with substantial funding set to flow into its infrastructure and industrial sectors.

Port Qasim begins $2b makeover | The Express Tribune

Port Qasim begins $2b makeover

tribune.com.pk

 

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Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port

Pakistan's once sleepy port now has options. It could reinvent itself into an oil hub, a trade gateway or a clean-energy powerhouse

Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port

Pakistan's once sleepy port now has options. It could reinvent itself into an oil hub, a trade gateway or a clean-energy powerhouse

dialogue.earth

 

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Dutch energy giant secures bunker fuel deals as Gwadar emerges as alternative to Gulf ports

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Gwadar Port is poised to emerge as an alternative refueling hub for commercial ships after Dutch energy trader Vitol began supplying marine fuel at the deep-sea port, with up to 30 bunker deliveries to international shipping lines expected in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter told Arab News on Wednesday.

Bunkering, the business of supplying fuel to commercial vessels, has long been dominated in the region by ports such as Fujairah and Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates.

Vitol Bunkers (S) Pte. Ltd., the marine fuels arm of Netherlands-based Vitol Group, launched operations at Gwadar this week after clients sought alternative fuel supply locations amid renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, raising prospects that Pakistan could establish Gwadar as a regional bunkering hub.

“The customers, after all the Middle Eastern crisis and everything, they are looking for options,” industry sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said

Dutch energy giant secures bunker fuel deals as Gwadar emerges as alternative to Gulf ports

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Gwadar Port is poised to emerge as an alternative refueling hub for commercial ships after Dutch energy trader Vitol began supplying marine fuel at the deep-sea port, with up to 30 bunker deliveries to international shipping lines expected in the coming weeks, people familiar...

www.arabnews.pk

 

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Indian media is screaming with excruciating pain.

 

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Better late than never. But in Pakistan nothing is done until is actually done.

Otherwise, no foreign carrier will leave this port which for them is like a golden egg laying goose.

The good news is that NLC (army) have taken over PSNC management. That means now foujis have direct stake in profits.

 

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Gwadar becomes key trade gateway​

Behram Baloch
July 19, 2026



Bangladeshi vessel unloads steel billets destined for the UAE.—Courtesy GPA

GWADAR: Commercial operations at Gwadar Port continue uninterrupted despite the prevailing regional maritime tensions, with another transhipment vessel arriving at the port to handle cargo, underscoring growing international confidence in Pakistan’s deep-sea port.

According to official details, the Bangladesh-flagged vessel M/V Jahan Brothers II berthed at Gwadar Port on Saturday after sailing from Singapore. The ship is carrying 53,064.660 tonnes of prime steel billets, which are ultimately destined for Al Hamriyah Port in the United Arab Emirates.

The cargo will be temporarily unloaded and stored at Gwadar Port before being reloaded onto another vessel for onward shipment to the UAE as part of a transhipment operation.

Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Noor-ul-Haq Baloch said the continuation of port and commercial activities despite regional challenges demonstrates that Gwadar is establishing itself as a safe, reliable and efficient regional trade hub.

He noted that Gwadar Port is reinforcing its importance as an alternative trade route for regional commerce.