By Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana


KARACHI, Nov 3: The government has asked the four pre-qualified port operators to submit their bids by December 4 so that the handing over of Gwadar Port operations is finalised by the policy board headed by the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before the end of current year.
The Gwadar Port Implementation Authority (GPIA) had invited Expressions of Interest (EoIs) on October 16 and in short period of four days (on October 21) approved four companies out of total eight companies who had submitted EoIs.
The tender committee headed by Farooq Rehmatullah in consultation with Arther D. Little (ADL), consultant for Gwadar Port, after evaluation short listed these companies and only selected those which had fulfilled their criteria.
These companies are: PSA International, Singapore; Globe Marine Services, Saudi Arabia; Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), Karachi; and Westport, Malaysia ......
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