DP World’s new Port Qasim terminal opens

The opening of Terminal 2 will take capacity at DP World Karachi’s Port Qasim – Pakistan’s first dedicated international container terminal – to around 1.2m teu from around 900,000 teu and marks the successful completion of the first of the three phase development – the largest ever investment in the port sector in Pakistan.

Built on 13 hectares of reclaimed land, Terminal 2’s quay is 670 m long and is equipped with three gantry cranes capable of handling vessels of around 6,700 teu capacity, and six RTGs.

In line with market demand, Terminal 2 will be developed in a further two phases of heavy duty pavement expansion over a period of several years. Each future phase of the terminal will be fully integrated and compatible with the existing terminal.