Gwadar is
located along the worlds most strategic sea lane. This links
Persian Gulf with the rest of the world. Two Mega projects Gwadar
Deep Sea Port and Makran Coastal Highway shall be functional
within few months. These projects will facilitate the economic
links of Gwadar with the rest of the World.
Gwadar has potential to attract the transit and trans-shipment
trade as it provides an alternate route to the Gulf Ports as well
as to the Central Asian Republics (CARs). All these factors are
responsible of explosive growth of real estate business in Gwadar.
Investors are now realizing the short term and long term economic
significance of the real estate business in Gwadar.
Overview of the Gwadar Deep Sea Port infrastructure is as follows:
» 19500 Acres Residential (Extendable)
» 200 Acres Commercial (Extendable)
» 210 Acres Recreational (Extendable)
» 10000 Acres Industrial, (Extendable)
» Warehousing
» Desalination Plant
» New International Airport
» Railway Linkage
» Multiple Access to Port and Various Urban
Facilities
Gwadar Deep Sea Port project is destined to become a success and
is surely a great oppurtunity for investment.
Benefits
Besides
the Geostrategic importance mentioned earlier, some of the evident
economic benefits of the development of Gwadar Port are:
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Capitalize on opportunities for trade with landlocked Central
Asian States and Afghanistan. |
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Promote trade and transport with Gulf States. |
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Trans-shipment essentially of containerized cargo. |
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Unlock the development potential of hinterland. |
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Diversion of influx of human resources from up country to
Gwadar instead of Karachi. |
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Socio
economic uplift of the province of Balochistan. |
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Establishment of shipping related industries.
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Oil
storage, refinery and petrochemicals |
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Export Processing and Industrial Zones |
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Reduce congestion & dependency on existing Ports Complex at
Karachi/PQA. |
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Serve as an
alternate port to handle Pakistani trade in case of blockade
of existing ports. |
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Will
become a Regional Hub for major trade and commercial
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Scope of Work
The development of Gwadar Deep Sea Port as per approved PC-I and
Master Plan is to be undertaken in two phases. Phase-I will
comprise of:-
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3
Multipurpose Berths |
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Length of Berths 602m |
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4.5
Km long Approach Channel Dredged to 11.5m-12.5m. |
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Turning Basin 450m dia. |
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One
100m Service Berth. |
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Related port infrastructure and port handling equipment &
Pilot Boat, Tugs, Survey Vessel etc. |
The port will be equipped with the essential port handling
equipment and other infrastructure required for smooth operations
of a modern port. On completion of Phase-I, the Port will handle
Bulk Carriers of upto 30,000 DWT and Container Vessels of 25,000
DWT. Phase-I will be completed at a cost of Rs.14.9 Billion (US$.
248/- Million) and will complete in 36 months i.e. March 3005.
Phase – II
This Phase of the Project is planned to be built on BOO/BOT basis
at an estimated cost US$. 600 Million. It will comprise of 9
additional berths as per following details:-
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4
Container Berths. |
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1
Bulk Cargo Terminal (to handle 100,000 DWT ships). |
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1
Grain Terminal. |
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1
Ro-Ro Terminal. |
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2 Oil
Terminals to handle 200,000 DWT ships. |
Cost
of The Project
Total amount equivalent to Rs 14.9 Billion (248 million US
dollars) were approved by ECNEC for Phase-I of the project. The
financial agreement for development of Phase-I was signed with the
Govt. of China on 10 August 2001 under which the Chinese will
provide US$. 198 Million and the Govt. of Pakistan will provide
US$. 50 Million.
Chinese:
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Grant US$ 18 Million. |
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New
Grant Assistance US$ 31 Million. |
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New
Interest Free Loan US$ 31 Million |
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Govt. Concessional Loan US$ 58 Million |
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Buyer’s Credit US$ 60 Million |
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Total US $ 198.00 Million |
Pakistani:
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Rs.
3000 Million (US 50.00 Million) in Local Currency. |
Additional Development Cost:
Additional development costs were also envisaged for Electrical
Supply 132 KV Transmission Line from Turbat to Gwadar at an approx
cost Rs.360.00 million and a Railway line from Gwadar-Panjgoor-Dalbandin
(515 Km) at approx cost of Rs.8, 500 million. This is however not
a part of the sanction to the Gwadar Port Development Authority.
Human Resource
The Chinese have mobilized 450 personal from China and hired 512
local workmen as per following detail:-
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Chinese: 450 |
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Pakistani: 512 |
Civil
Works and Infrastructure Development:
The design and construction of residential buildings and civil
works of various port operation buildings and related
infrastructure development is to be undertaken by Pakistani
contractors and firms out of the US dollars 50 Million allocated
for the Project. In this regard consultants have been hired and
process for pre-qualification of contractors has commenced.
Similarly, award of contract for the construction of residential
area was approved by the MOC in June 2003 and the Contractor has
already fully mobilized and a construction activity has started.
Master Plan of
GWADAR:
Concurrent with the Port development a Master Plan of Gwadar has
been approved by Balochistan Government through NESPAK and which
has been a hot topic of discussions at various forums.
Implementation of the Master Plan is the responsibility of Govt.
of Balochistan. Physically no headway has been made so far which
is a matter of concern.
The following potentials have been identified in the Master Plan
of Gwadar Deep Sea-port Project:
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Increased trade to and from Balochistan and Iran. |
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Trade
potential from Central Asian countries through Afghanistan. |
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Transit cargo (liquid and dry bulk) |
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Warehousing and assembly industries (EPZ) |
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Oil
storage, refineries, petrochemical industries etc. |
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Handle the shipping traffic of the region. |
Gwadar
Master Plan envisages development of about 18,600 hectares of land
for this project including the followings:
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Port
development in Phase 1 & 11 on 400 hectares. |
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An
Export Processing Zone of 74 hectares located on land adjacent
to the port in East Bay. |
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A
Special Industrial Zone of about 4,000 hectares lying to the
north of the town. |
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An oil
refinery of 1,000 hectares located to the north east of the
town, linked to the proposed oil terminal
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by an
underground pipeline across East Bay. |
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A
residential area of 400 hectares stretching north of the
existing town along West Bay. |
To bring
Gwadar close to the national mainstream, 700 Km long Makran
Coastal Highway is in advanced stage of implementation. It will
link Gwadar with Pasni, Ormara and Karachi. An other regional
linkage is the Gwadar Ratto-Dero motorway linking it with Indus
Highway through Turbat, Awaran and Khuzdar. A rail link is also
planned to connect Gwadar to Quetta and Zahidan. Civil Aviation
Authority also plans to upgrade the existing length of runway from
5,000 ft to 15,000 ft for operation of wide bodied jet air-crafts.
The extension work will begin by end August, 2003 and the
extension facilities will be available for use by end 2004.
Investment Opportunities
Some of the evident investment opportunities:-
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Master Plan related infrastructure i.e. internal roads &
services, water and power and communication
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services for the
new
township and the Industrial Zone. |
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Private owned Ware Houses and Cold Storages. |
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Private cargo handling equipment and trucking yards. |
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Corporate Infrastructure i.e. offices for operating firms &
agencies. |
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Development of Industrial Zone and Industries. |
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Development of Commercial/residential areas & buildings. |
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Labour related amenities for thousands of workers employed on
developmental work of Great Gwadar. |
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Hotels & Motels. |
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Hospitals, Colleges & Schools. |
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Tourism related industry. |
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Marine related industry i.e. shipyards, dry dock and repair
yards. |
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Marine Fuel bunkering for visiting ships to include large fuel
storages and mobile barges etc. |
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Oil
refinery and large oil storages. |
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Ferry
services between Gwadar-Karachi/Oman/Bunder Abbas and UAE. |
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Industrial Export Processing Zone |
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Gwadar-Quetta (via Turbat-Panjgoor-Kharan-Nushki) requires to
be widened and improved. This link |
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road will reduce the
distance to Quetta from 1090 km to 795 km. |
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Railway; Gwadar – Panjgoor-Dalbadin (515 km). |
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Gwadar-Afghanistan via Quetta by National Highway- N-25.
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Saindak Copper-Gold Project
The Saindak
Copper-Gold project has been resumed with Chinese help.
Being a coastal
area, only at few places of Gwadar district ground water is
potable. In the past, Gwadar district has faced severe drinking
water crises. In 1981, only one third of the housing units had a
house connection. Around 40 percent housing units obtained
drinking water from open surface wells and about 13 percent from
streams, rivers, and springs. In the past the Irrigation
Department used to look after drinking water supply systems as
well; in the mid-80’s the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)
has been made responsible. In
1991, there were only 33 open surface wells of which 11 were being
used for drinking water supply. After the construction of Akra
Kaur Dam and Saji Dam this problem has been solved to a great
extent. The PHED has 26 constructed water supply schemes and
drinking water is supplied through overhead and community tanks.
Only one of these schemes is a gravity flow scheme based upon a
spring while for the remaining schemes water is obtained from
dams, rivers, and tubewells. According to the Public Health
Engineering statistics, currently 96 percent of the population
(160,980) has access to safe drinking water through these schemes.
However it is estimated that the remaining (4%) of the population
gets illegal connection from these schemes to acquire safe
drinking water.
In Nalaint, no
water supply has been developed. The Public Health Engineering
Department has plans to a construct water supply scheme there. At
present 6 water supply schemes are under construction while 6
schemes have been proposed for funding.
Potential Projects at GWADAR Port
Gwadar being unexplored territory till to date as far as business
is concerned; a lot of business activities are possible. There are
numerous businesses that offer sizeable profits for the investors
in Gwadar. Few are mentioned as under:
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Fish
Processing |
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Shrimp
farming, Shrimp /Lobsters |
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Crabs
processing |
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Training
services in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
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Cold
storages, Ice factories |
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Port
Management projects. |
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Seawater
Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants for profitable purpose
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Hotels
Restaurants & Resorts |
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Business
Development |
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Date
Processing |
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Service
Providers |
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Canned
food, Gravel Crush plant |
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Oil Palm
cultivation (Govt. of Balochistan can provide land on easy
terms) |
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Water
sports center and recreation facilities. |
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Marine &
Automobile repair workshop |
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Cluster for
Internet service providers |
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Renewable
Energy; wing, solar- IPP |
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Warehouses |
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Clearing &
Forwarding agency |
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Boat
building & naval architecture institute |
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Hospitals &
Clinics |
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Oil Storage
tankers. |
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Re-rolling
Mills |
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Ferry
Service for Karachi Ormara-Pasni- Gwadar and up to Oman and
Dubai |
For more information of Gwadar
Project Please contact the following Focal Person:
Gawadar Port
Rear Admiral (Retd) Sarfraz Khan (TIM)
Chairman
Gawadar Port Authority
2nd Floor, M.T. Khan Road, ENSC Building Karachi
Tel: 021-9202369 Res: 021-5878632 Fax: 021-9204050
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