DPW expands Pakistan rail operations
The facility will serve Pakistan’s largest hinterland market – the Lahore-Sahiwal region – and is directly linked by rail to the company’s Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT) in Karachi, more than 1,000 km away.
The ICT’s inauguration closely follows the opening of Terminal 2 in Port Qasim this January, which expanded QICT’s annual capacity from 900,000 teu to around 1.2m teu, as part of DP World’s three-phase development plans, representing the largest ever investment in Pakistan’s port sector.
Built over 40 hectares, the facility is connected by extensive rail and networks to some of the country’s most populous areas. The terminal will be managed and operated by DP World in a joint venture with Premier Mercantile Services, one of Pakistan’s largest maritime terminal operators.
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