Gwadar assigned to handle TCP consignments

[LRE]

ISLAMABAD: The ships carrying consignments of Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) viz wheat and fertilizers would now only be anchored at Gwadar Port for onward distribution to rest of the country. Director General Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Ghulam Mohiuddin Marri told media that TCP ships would now be diverted to Gwadar.

The government has also approved a plan to utilise Gwadar Port for future export of cement, however traders are reluctant as road network connecting Gwadar with rest of the country is not completed as yet. At the moment travelling expenditures are high as compared to Karachi Ports.

At present three berths of Gwadar Port has been made operational. Demanding immediate repeal of agreement with Port of Singapur, which was earlier authorised to operate the Gwadar Port, he said the aforementioned company has miserably failed to effectively operate the newly inaugurated port.

Gwadar Port could not progress under the supervision of Port of Singapur. A new vibrant company should be assigned the task to operate the Gwadar Port, he added.

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