PSA GWADAR INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS

18/07/2008 Gwadar port is located at Gwadar city at the entrance of the Persian Gulf on Arabian Sea and about 460 km west of Karachi in Balochistan, Pakistan. Gwadar port, is a deep-sea warm water port, being constructed in two phases with heavy investment from China. In 1993, Pakistan started technical and financial feasibilities for the development of Gwadar port. The Gwadar port project started on 22 March 2002 and the Port of Singapore Authority was hired for its management. The deep-sea Gwadar Port became operational in 2008 when a ship carrying 52000 tonnes of wheat from Canada anchored at the port. All arrangements are in place to offload the wheat to be transported across the country for domestic use.The ship arrived here with 72000 tonnes of wheat but before it was anchored, 20,000 tonnes wheat was off loaded from it and transported to Karachi. Show All