Marine – Sea Freight Logistics in Pakistan
Below are the entry points in Pakistan in marine – sea cargos.
(A). MODERN TERMINALS
1. KICT – Karachi International Container Terminal (At berth Nos.26-30 West side)
2. PICT – Pakistan International Container Terminal (At Berth Nos.5-9 East Side)
3. SAPT- South Asia Pacific Terminal ( situated at the estuary of the Kemari
Groyne basin)
4. QICT – Qasim International Container Terminal (40 kilometers from KPT port)
5. KPT – linked by a road about an hour drive Connection by sea.
These terminals are equipped with modern equipment’s such as gantry cranes,
rubber tire’s gantries, straddle carriers, Mafi trailers etc.
(B) 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 ARE AVAILABLE AT:
• AICT (Al Hamd Container Terminal about 6km at Hawks bay Road)
• Qasim Freight Station (About 4km from Port Qasim)
• Pak Shaheen Container Terminal (At Keamari 2km 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 authorities.
• Lahore Dry Port Established in 1973.
• Karachi Dry Port Established in 1974.
• Quetta Dry Port Established in 1984.
• Peshawar Dry Port Established in 1986.
• Multan Dry Port Established in 1988.
• Rawalpindi Dry Port Established in 1990.
• Sialkot Dry Port. (established in 1984 )
• Faisalabad Dry Port. (established in 1996 )
• Lahore NLC Dry Port. (established in 1993
