Modern Terminals:
- KICT – Karachi International Container Terminal (Berths 26-30, West Side)
- PICT – Pakistan International Container Terminal (Berths 5-9, East Side)
- SAPT – South Asia Pacific Terminal (at the estuary of Kemari Groyne Basin)
- QICT – Qasim International Container Terminal (40 km from KPT Port)
- KPT – Karachi Port Terminal (linked by road, approximately one hour drive from sea).
These terminals are equipped with modern machinery, including gantry cranes, rubber-tired gantries, straddle carriers, and Mafi trailers for efficient cargo handling.
Conventional Berths:
AT KPT West Wharf (B.No.18-25) East Wharf (B.No.1-4 & 10-17) Conventional berths
suitable only for self-sustained vessels. All Feeder vessels call at these wharves. The usage of
these wharves by the container ships has gradually reduced and it will continue to reduce due to
patronizing of Terminals by Main Lines.
Off-Dock Facilities:
- AICT – Al Hamd Container Terminal: 6 km from Hawks Bay Road
- Qasim Freight Station: 4 km from Port Qasim
- Pak Shaheen Container Terminal: 2 km from Karachi East Wharf
Dry Ports in Pakistan:
As the name suggests, a dry port is a port that is away from the sea. It is more inland and
connected to a seaport with either a paved road or railway. Dry ports are terminals where cargo
brought over on ships is transshipped.
Here are the listed below main functional Dry Ports in Pakistan established by the Pakistan
Railways & Government authoritie
- Lahore Dry Port – Established 1973
- Karachi Dry Port – Established 1974
- Quetta Dry Port – Established 1984
- Peshawar Dry Port – Established 1986
- Multan Dry Port – Established 1988
- Rawalpindi Dry Port – Established 1990
- Sialkot Dry Port – Established 1984
- Faisalabad Dry Port – Established 1996
- Lahore NLC Dry Port – Established 1993