🇵🇰 PAKISTAN · SOUTH ASIA / ARABIAN SEA (MAKRAN COAST) · PKGWD
Port of Gwadar
PakistanUNLOCODE: PKGWDDeep-Sea Port (CPEC)
CPEC / Belt & Road Initiative flagship port
Operated by Chinese COPHC (40-yr concession)
~120 km from Iran border
Fully operational since May 2021
Overview
- CPEC / Belt & Road Initiative flagship port
- Operated by Chinese COPHC (40-yr concession)
- ~120 km from Iran border
- Fully operational since May 2021
- Afghan transit trade via free zone (Jan 2020)
CPEC/Belt & Road cornerstone. Cost ~$1.62bn (CPEC expansion, 2015). ~120 km from Iran border. Strategic sensitivities regarding Chinese operation.
Port Identity & Location
- Province
- Balochistan
- City
- Gwadar
- Operator
- China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) — 40-yr concession from 2017
VTS & Communications
- VTS
- Not publicly available
Pilotage
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
Anchorages
- Anchorage
- Natural deep harbour (Demi Zirr)
Channel Depths & Approach
- Channel
- Natural deep harbour with breakwater
- Hazards
- Remote; developing infrastructure
Berths & Terminals
- Berths
- Multi-berth Phase 1 (fully operational May 2021); container / bulk
- Type
- Developing
Documentation & Customs
- Customs
- Pakistan Customs; Afghan transit free zone (operational Jan 2020)
Weather & Tidal
- Tidal
- Desert climate; low seasonal variation
Security & Hazards (ISPS)
- ISPS
- Compliant
- Restricted
- Strategic / security-sensitive (Chinese operation)
- Hazards
- Underdeveloped hinterland connectivity
Port Authority
- Authority
- Gwadar Port Authority (GPA)
- Operator
- COPHC (91% revenue share on terminal/marine; 85% on free zone)
- Website
- gwadarport.gov.pk
SAR & Emergency
SAR Authority
Pakistan Navy
Ship Services
- Bunkering
- Limited / developing
- Fresh Water
- Limited
- Tugs
- Available
Port Details
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Region
- South Asia / Arabian Sea (Makran Coast)
- UNLOCODE
- PKGWD
- Type
- Deep-Sea Port (CPEC)
- Website
- gwadarport.gov.pk
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