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Map of Pakistan, showing Port Qasim and its sister ports of Karachi and Gwadar. The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (Urdu: محمد بن قاسم بندرگاہ Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim), or Qasim Port Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ قاسم بندرگاہ), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administrative ...
US$1.03 billion (2023) [2] Number of employees. 101,440 [3] Website. dpworld.com. DP World is an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It specialises in cargo logistics, port terminal operations, maritime services and free trade zones. Formed in 2005 by the merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports ...
The Dubai Ports World controversy began in February 2006 and rose to prominence as a national security debate in the United States. At issue was the sale of port management businesses in six major U.S. seaports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and whether such a sale would compromise port security.
KGTL operates a container terminal on berths 6-10 on the East Wharf of Karachi Port under a 50-year concession. [18] KGTL paid $50 million to Karachi Port Trust on April 22 2024 as upfront payment. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Of this upfront payment $25 million are for concession fee and the remaining $25 million are advance payment for use of the ...
Karachi was an important military base during the First World War (1914–18) because it was the first British Raj port of call for ships coming through the Suez Canal and was the gateway to Afghanistan and the Russian Empire. Karachi was again a military base and port for supplies to the Russian front during the Second World War (1939–1945 ...
Website. DP World Cochin. The Kochi International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal, is the first transshipment terminal in India and the first container terminal to operate in a SEZ. [1][2] Being constructed in three stages, the first phase of the terminal was commissioned on 11 Feb 2011. [3]
Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) was established in 2002 on build–operate–transfer basis. [ 2] It was a joint venture between Premier Mercantile Services and Hamburg Port. [ 1] The total cost of the project was estimated at $75 million out of which $9.25 million was funded by the International Finance Corporation in form of ...
Second largest port in the country. Gwadar Port. Gwadar. 25°6′37.8″N 62°20′22.56″E / 25.110500°N 62.3396000°E / 25.110500; 62.3396000 (Gwadar Port) Third largest port in the country. Port of Pasni. Pasni. 25°16′0″N 63°29′0″E / 25.26667°N 63.48333°E / 25.26667; 63.48333 (Port of Pasni ...