Work begins on Pakistan deepwater terminal

AIPH has signed a 30-year deal with the Tanzania Ports Authority to manage Dar es Salaam’s Container Terminal 2, which handled 820,000 TEU in 2023.

Danish Ambassador H.E Jakob Linulf and APM Terminals CEO Keith Svendsen met Pakistani officials to discuss port investments and logistics collaboration.

Messina Line’s JOLLY QUARZO is the first ro-ro vessel to call at Pakistan International Container Terminal in almost 20 years

The Pakistani Government’s decision to finally grant the port of Gwadar and its free trade zone a 23-year tax holiday should boost investment
levels and lead to substantially more cargo being processed.

A new on dock-rail service connects Karachi and Lahore.

As this edition of WorldCargo News was going to press, it was reported that Pakistan has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for as much as US$10-12B in bailout loans – nearly double the US$6.7B IMF loan it received in the 2013 – to avert another balance of payments crisis.