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The
Gwadar
City
Port
CPEC(Urdu:
گوادر
بندرگاہ
);
IPA:
gʷɑːd̪əɾ
bənd̪əɾgɑː)
or
Gwadar
Port
Authority
(Urdu:
مقتدرہ
گوادر
بندرگاہ
)
situated
on
the
Arabian
Sea
at
Gwadar
in
Balochistan
province
of
Pakistan
and
is
under
the
administrative
control
of
the
Maritime
Secretary
of
Pakistan
and
operational
control
of
the
China
Overseas
Port
Holding
Company.[2]
The
port
features
prominently
in
the
China–Pakistan
Economic
Corridor
(CPEC)
plan,
and
is
considered
to
be
a
link
between
the
Belt
and
Road
Initiative
and
the
Maritime
Silk
Road
projects.[3]
It
is
about
120
kilometres
(75
mi)
southwest
of
Turbat,
and
170
kilometres
(110
mi)
to
the
east
of
Chabahar
Port
(Sistan
and
Balochistan
Province
in
Iran).[4]
Gwadar
Port
Gwadar
Port
2018.jpg
Location
Location
Gwadar,
Balochistan,
Pakistan
Coordinates
25.1105°N
62.3396°E
UN/LOCODE
PK
GWD[1]
Details
Built
Phase
I:
(2002-2006)
12.5
meters
(41
feet)
max
draft
(hull)
of
channels
Phase
II:
(2007–2029)
20.5
m
(67
ft)
max
draft
of
channels
Phase
III:
(2030–2045)
24.5
m
(80
ft)
max
draft
of
channels
Operated
by
China
China
Overseas
Port
Holding
Company
(2016-present)
Size
2,292
Acre
Free
Trade
Area
Available
berths
Current:
3
in
2018
Phase
I:
3
by
2006
Phase
II:
75
by
2029
Phase
III:
150
by
2045
Type
of
ships
Phase
I
(Current):
Bulk
carriers
of
30,000
Deadweight
tonnage
(DWT),
and
container
Panamax
vessels
of
52,000
(DWT)
Phase
II
(Proposed):
200,000
(DWT)
Neopanamax
vessels
Phase
III
(Proposed):
400,000+
(DWT)
Chinamax
(Valemax)
vessels,
and
TI-class
supertanker
Rail
lines
Khunjerab
Railway
(Proposed)
Rail
gauge
5
ft
6
in
gauge
railway
(1676
mm)
(Proposed)
Truck
types
Tank
truck
Karakoram
Highway
(OBOR)
(CPEC)
Statistics
Annual
TEU
Current
(2018):
Total
capacity
of
30
million
(tonnes)
of
cargo
per
year
Phase
I:
11
million
(tonnes)
of
cargo
per
year
Phase
II:
200
million
(tonnes)
of
cargo
per
year
Phase
III:
400
million
(tonnes)
of
cargo
per
year
Website
gwadarport.gov.pk
Gwadar's
potential
to
be
a
deep
water
sea
port
was
first
noted
in
1954,
while
the
city
was
still
under
Omani
sovereignty.[5]
Plans
for
construction
of
the
port
were
not
realised
until
2007,
when
the
port
was
inaugurated
by
Pervez
Musharraf
after
four
years
of
construction,
at
a
cost
of
$248
million.[6]
In
2015,
it
was
announced
that
the
city
and
port
would
be
further
developed
under
CPEC
at
a
cost
of
$1.62
billion,[7]
with
the
aim
of
linking
northern
Pakistan
and
western
China
to
the
deep
water
seaport.[8]
The
port
will
also
be
the
site
of
a
floating
liquefied
natural
gas
facility
that
will
be
built
as
part
of
the
larger
$2.5
billion
Gwadar-Nawabshah
segment
of
the
Iran–Pakistan
gas
pipeline
project.[9]
Construction
began
in
June
2016
on
the
Gwadar
Special
Economic
Zone,
which
is
being
built
on
2,292-acre
site
adjacent
to
Gwadar's
port.[10]
In
late
2015,
the
port
was
officially
leased
to
China
for
43
years,
until
2059.[11]
Gwadar
Port
became
formally
operational
on
14
November
2016,
when
it
was
inaugurated
by
Pakistan's
Prime
Minister
Muhammad
Nawaz
Sharif;
the
first
convoy
was
seen
off
by
the
then
Pakistan's
Chief
of
Army
Staff,
General
Raheel
Sharif.[12]
On
14
January
2020,
Pakistan
operationalized
Gwadar
Port
for
Afghan
transit
trade.[13]
On
31
May
2021
Gwadar
Port
become
fully
Operational,
along
with
the
availability
of
online
booking
for
the
delivery
of
goods.[14]
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