By Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana


Like Karachi and Qasim ports, Gwadar will be another feeder port because it can only handle first generation vessels with a maximum of 30,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage) or having an average capacity to carry 900 containers.
Under the first phase, three berths at the East Bay of the port have been completed and are ready for commercial operation. However, these berths will not be able to even accommodate post-Panamax vessels having 50,000 DWT because the current draft at these berths is only 12.5 metres that can only provide berth facility to small vessels normally used for feeder ports all over the world ......
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