Definition of port:
Any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.
Source:Dictionary.com
❤Origin of Pakistan in the world❤
Pakistan location in the map is very important . It is the key location for a country to express thier product in all over the world.
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Seaports should have following features to satify the econmical structure of pakistan:
- Docks or berths where vessels moor;
- Equipment and personnel to load and unload vessels;
- Connections to land transportation (such as highways, railways, and pipelines); and
- Cargo storage areas.
Source:Features of seaports
❤Importance of port for a country❤
Port is an economical hub for any country where imports are collected from other countries and exports are Dispersed to other countries.this is the origin of all import and export in any country.
Ports constitute an important economic activity in coastal areas. The higher the
throughput of goods and passengers year-on-year, the more infrastructure,
provisions and associated services are required.
Information source:Importance of seaports
Important ports of Pakistan are following:
❤Port of Karachi❤
❤Introduction❤
It is situated in Pakistan and located on Arabian sea.it was opened in 1857 .the administration of port is carried by Karachi port trust .it is owned by ministry of port and shipping and government of Pakistan.It is natural type of harbor .Its size is 32 km ( 20 mils).there are 30 Available berths and 8 wharf .It is the largest and most important economical hub of Pakistan.
Port of Karachi Classic view:
Imagesource:Wikipedia.com
❤Statistics of port of Karachi❤
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage =65.25 million Metric tons
Annual container volume =1.563 million TEUs
Source:Wikipedia.com
Here is the classic view of shipping at port of Karachi:
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Trading details are given below:
Iron and Steel=9000 tons
Coal=8000 tons
Fertilizer=7000 tons
Iron Scrap=7000 tons
General Cargo=4000 tons
Containers=700 tons
source:Trading.com
❤Economical Importance❤
It is of great economicl importance .It is one of the largest sea port of south asia.It is the most busiest seaport at a time in pakistan . It is the main economical hub of pakistan it connects pakistan to all over the world.It is the entry point for trading ships and container.
Why Karachi port is iso Important?
Its Answer is in this documentry;
Videosource:Youtube.com
❤Introduction❤
Logo Of Port Qasim:
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Its complete name is Muhammad Bin Qasim Port.It is situated in karachi ,Pakistan .It is located at arabian sea.It was opened in 1980 and owned by ministry of ports and shipping and government of pakistan.It is artifitial type of harbor.Its land area is about 12,200acers .It contain 12 berths.A large amount of employees are deployed at port Qasim.The Present Chairman of Port Qasin is Agha Jan Akther.
Vessel arrivals= 1,238 (FY 2008-09)[2]
Annual cargo tonnage= 16.6 million metric revenue tons including 5.429 million MT of dry cargo and 11.185 million MT of liquid cargo (FY 2008-09)
Annual container volume= 681,000 [TEU]s with tonnage of 8.419 million MT (FY 2008-09)
Tidal Variation =0.5 to 3.5m (at channel mouth and port)[3]
Deadweight Tonnage= 75,000 DWT[4]
Ranking= 121st busiest container port (TEU Container Traffic)in 2007
Source:Port Qasim.com
Classic View of Port Qasim:
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In 1970's as a part of Prime Minister Zulafiqar Ali Bhutto economic reforms and establishment of heavy industries pakistan first steel mill was constructed as Pakistan Steel Mill.To export product that are obtained from Pakistan steel mill there is a need of port to explore the transportation to all over the world and at that time there was only single port which was port of karachi so this was a need of time to construct a new port and finally in 1980 port qasim was constructed.the reason of this name was given below;
This port was named as Port Muhammad bin Qasim (also known as Port Qasim), after the Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim who conquered Daybul and the coastal areas of Sindh around 712 CE
source:Wikipedia.com
❤Port Qasim as Energy Hub of Pakistan❤
❤Interview of Chairmain❤
Port Qasim is set to become country’s energy hub with the addition of three more Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, said Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Agha Jan Akhtar in a conversation with Dawn.
Source:Dawn.com
Great Capacity of Port Qasim is showed under:
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Introduction:
Classic View Of Gwadar Pory:
Imagesource:Wikipedia.com
It is situated on arabian sea at gwadar ,Blochistan.It was constructed in two phases first phase was from 2002 to 2006 and second one was started from 2007 till present.It is operated by China Overseas Port Holding Company.
❤Shipping Information❤
No. of berths Phase I: 4
Phase II: 9
Total: 13
Type of ships: Phase I: bulk carriers of 30,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT), container vessels of 25,000 DWT
Phase II: 200,000 DWT vessels
Source:Wikipedia.com
It is the latest seaport in pakistan which mainly connect pakistan to china.This was initiated in 2002 both countries show thier interest.
Documentry on Gwadar:
Videosource:Youtube.com
The Western Alignment of CPEC is depicted by the red line. The 1,153 kilometre route will link the M1 Motorway near Islamabad with Gwadar Port. The Western Alignment will also connect to the Karakoram Highway, which is being rebuilt and overhauled as part of CPEC to provide improved access to Gilgit Baltistan and the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
source:Wikipedia.com
So this location is perfect for trading for both countries.
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❤Inauguration Of Latest Project Pakchina economic corredor❤
Gwadar Port became operational formally on 14 November 2016. It was inaugurated by Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif; the first convoy was seen off by Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif.
One of the Remarkable moment in the History of Pakistan was;
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Benefits of seaports are given below:
They are important source of trading with comparetively low expences because trading through seaport consume comparetively low amount of fuel which is a great advantage of seaports.
There is a large number of employment in seaports to manage a great piece of trading from all over the world, hence it increases employment rate of the country which causes decrease in poverty rate of the country.
❤Increase world Economic Integration❤
Country having seaports will globally interacts with all over the world to supply their products which increases world economical integration.
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