KPT to begin Deep Water Container Port

Karachi: The construction of KPT ‘Deep Water Container Port,’ with a cost of Rs 19 billion, will be started in February this year and would be completed by 2013, said Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping.

The project would be carried out in phases and the investment in the project is on public-private partnership basis.

Currently, the terminal depth is 14.5 meters and in first phase it would be enhanced to 16 meters and then gradually to 18 meters in the second phase, he added.

He said discussions are underway with the National Highway Authority (NHA) to complete the road linkages of Gwadar with the rest of the country. We have also asked the Railway Ministry to develop rail linkages of Gwadar Port.