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Overview of Pakistan Logistics industry presented by Aasim Siddiqui Chairman - All Pakistan Shipping Association (APSA) PAKISTAN LOGISTICS KEY STATISTICS Ports (3) Railway Tracks Road Length Airlines Karachi | Bin Qasim | Gwadar 7791 km 12,743 km 3-Domestic 26-International Container Terminals (5) Dry Ports Trucks DP World (Bin Qasim) 14 291,000 Airports KICT | PICT | SAPT (Karachi) 23-Domestic GITL (Gwadar) Cargo Handling Tankers 11-International 8.4 million Tons 15,800 Cargo Handling 38,413 TEUs Cargo Handling 100.26 Million Tons (per annum) Share in Transport 323,209 M.Tons 3.42 Million TEUs 96% (per annum) (per annum) Share in Transport 3~4% Share in Transport National Carriers (11) <0.5 % 6 Tankers Vessels 5 Bulk Carriers Transport Service National Labour Force 2500 Sector Employment Freight Forwarding 22% GDP 13% 5.4% Share in & Logistics Companies PAKISTAN LOGISTICS KEY STATISTICS LOGISTICS Ranks MEMBER PERFORMANCE 122 INDEX Out of 160 TIR CARNET LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE SINCE 2015 INDEX Transport Sector Transport Sector Investment Projects US$ 150 US$ 17.68 Million Foreign Direct per annum Billion Investment CARGO DISTRIBUTION SEA | RAIL | ROAD Cargo Handled (million tons) Sea Rail Road 100.26 PHASE-I (1947-1960) Rail Connectivity for mass transit and freight movement 73.16 68.29 PHASE-II (1960-1990) Industrialization & Exports demands for road networks and private sector transport become more competitive and 41.94 million ( tons) million efficient over public sector transport 37.65 PHASE-III (1991-Todate) 23.48 National Transport Policy was envisaged 11.76 RAIL FREIGHT and recognized the emerging role of the INCREASING VIA MULTIMODAL CARGO HANDLING SERVICES private sector for investment and as operator to various logistics services Ports GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Shipping PORTS LANDLORD PORT AUTHORITIES Since 1887 Since 1973 Since 2007 KARACHI PORT TRUST (KPT) PORT QASIM AUTHORITY (PQA) GWADAR PORT AUTHORITY (GPA) 33 BERTHS 13 BERTHS 3 BERTHS 70 58 4.8 Million Million Million Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes TONNES C A R G O H A N D L I N G C A P A C I T Y ( TOTAL) 132 MILLION PER ANNUM CONTAINER TERMINALS Terminals’ Container Handling Capacity (4.73 Million TEUs per annum) 1,775,000 700,000 750,000 1,500,000 Since 1997 Since 1998 Since 2002 Since 2018 Pakistan International South Asia Pakistan Terminal Qasim International Container Karachi International Container Terminal (PICT) (SAPT) Terminal (QICT) Container Terminal (KICT) Terminals’ Throughput in 2018 (3.42 Million TEUs per annum) 1,227,205 796,415 654,303 748,918 CONTAINER TERMINALS TERMINAL South Asia Completed Pakistan Container Handling Capacity Development 875,000 Terminal TEUs Phase-II 1,600,000 8.00 TEUs Completed Projects Gwadar Deep Water Container Port 6.83 7.00 Projects in Progress South Asia Phase-I Cargo Handling Capacity Added Pakistan 500,000 Terminal TEUs 6.00 Phase-III 300,000 Phase-I 5.23 TEUs 1,500,000 TERMINAL 5.00 TEUs Phase-I 300,000 Completed 3.85 per annum TEUs TERMINAL 200,000 4.00 Phase-III Completed 250,000 TEUs 400,000 TEUs 3.00 TEUs 2.35 Phase-II 2.05 Cargo Handling Capacity Handling Cargo (Million TEUs) TEUs) (Million Phase-I 150,000 1.85 TERMINAL Phase-II Phase-I 150,000 1.60 2.00 100,000 TEUs Phase-I 300,000 TEUs TEUs 200,000 TEUs TEUs 0.75 0.90 1.00 0.50 0.60 0.20 0.00 1997 1998 2001 2004 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2017 2018 2020 PORTS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (Infrastructure Development) Container Throughput (Million TEUs) VESSELS 0.61 0.67 0.89 1.94 2.06 2.15 2.28 2.76 2.99 3.24 CALLED IN 120 Stevedoring Mechanized Cargo Handling through Terminals Motorway (2293 km) FWQ Total Length 100 LIQUID CARGO TERMINAL LNG 3060 TERMINAL COSCO Vessel Of 11,923 TEUs 80 Docked at SAPT Motorway Oil 3570 Terminal (1607 km) 2922 1st Large Vessel 60 3446 Of 6000 TEUs 3752 Wan-Hai-605 Pakistan Docked at KPT GasPort Motorway (579 km) LNG Terminal Total Length Port 1978 SAPT TERMINAL-I Container 40 Qasim Terminal TERMINAL-I 2242 COAL, & CEMENT ShippingCargo Handled (million tons) Karachi TERMINAL 20 1st Motorway-M2 (367 km) Port (Islamabad-Lahore) Port Qasim Gwadar DRYPORT Since 1887 2322 Completed DRYPORT Electric Power Port CONTAINER CONTAINER COAL TERMINAL TERMINAL TERMINAL Huaneng Fuyun Port & Shipping 0 COAL TERMINAL 1950 1960 1973 1995 1997 1998 2002 2007 2009 2010 2011 2015 2017 2018 3.41 4.57 10.51 23.10 23.48 37.65 40.01 55.20 64.96 68.29 68.08 73.87 89.93 100.26 Shipping Cargo Handled (million tons) Road GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Transport ROAD TRANSPORT Peshawar-Karachi Motorway (1512 km) Khunjerab Border Sost Dry Port Gilgit Dry Port Havelian Dry Port (1512 km) Dry Port N55 Sialkot Dry Port (1830 km) M14 Special Economic Zones Lahore Dry Port (approved) N50 Quetta Dry Port Multan Dry Port N55 N25 Surab Karakoram Highway Makran Coastal Highway (740 km) Connecting Karachi-Gwadar Kuzdar Rateodero Basima (650 km) N30 N85 Hoshab M8 Makran Coastal Highway (630 km) 5 hours travelling time will reduce to Bin Qasim 1 hour through modern tunnels ROAD TRANSPORT Motorway Length (km) Route Year of Completion CPEC Development M-1 155 Peshawar-Islamabad 2007 M-2 367 Islamabad-Lahore 1997 M-3 230 Lahore-Abdul Hakeem 2018 M-4 286 Pindi Bhatian-Multan 2018 M-5 387 Multan-Sukkur 2019 (April) M-6 296 Sukkur-Hyderabad 2019 M-7 270 Dadu-Hub TBA M-8 892 Rotodero-Gwadar 2017 M-9 136 Hyderabad-Karachi 2017 M-10 57 Karachi-Northern By-Pass 2007 M-11 89 Sialkot-Lahore 2018 M-13 81 Swabi-Chakdarah 2018 M-14 280 Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan 2019 Out of 3526 km (13 motorways) around 2464 km (9 motorways) was completed on fast-track during CPEC Regime compared to 522 km (2 motorways) which were completed in 10 years Travel Time Reduced by 60% Freight GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT Trains FREIGHT TRAINS . Expansion and reconstruction of existing Line ML-1 (1872 kms of track) at cost of US$ 8.17 Khunjerab Border billion (Dec 2022) Sost Dry Port Gilgit Dry Port Salient Features • increase in speed from 65km per hour to105km per hour to 120km/h to 160 Havelian Dry Port km/h Dry Port N55 • increase in line capacity from 34 to 171 Sialkot Dry Port (1830 km) M14 trains each way per day Special Economic Zones Lahore Dry Port (approved) • increase in freight volumes from 6 to 35 N50 million tons per year by 2025 Multan Dry Port Quetta Dry Port • increase in passenger trains from 20 to 40 N55 N25 Surab each way per day Kuzdar Rateodero Basima • increase in railway share of freight N30 N85 transport volume from the current less than 4% to 20% Hoshab M8 Makran Coastal Highway (630 km) . Havelian Dry port at cost of US$ 65 million Bin Qasim FREIGHT TRAINS Block Train (Public Private Partnership) Completed & Running . Door-to-Door Transportation Service: Multimodal movement of cargo (truck-train-truck) from customer’s door step to final delivery point. In-Progress . Track Access Project: Private Sector own rolling stock with right to use Pakistan Railway Track for movement of containerized cargo and bulk cargo (coal, clinker & cement) NATIONAL FREIGHT & LOGISTICS POLICY (NFLP) INTEGRATED National Freight & INTERNATIONAL Logistics Policy DOMESTIC Transportation Logistics MULIMODAL TRANSPORTATION MODEL NATIONAL FREIGHT & LOGISTICS POLICY (NFLP) NATIONAL SECTORIAL PUBLIC SECTOR AREA OF LOGISTICS PRIVATE SECTOR POLICY POLICY National Trucking Policy (2007) Ministry of National Highways & Truckers National Automobile Communications Motorways Freight & Development Policy (2016) Logistics Shipping Lines, National Maritime Ministry of Forwarding Ports & Shipping Terminals, Policy Policy (2002) Maritime Affairs Agents Stevedores (integrating key Pakistan Railway Ministry of stakeholders of logistics Freight Trains Dry Port Terminals under one policy to Strategic Plan (2018). Railway facilitate efficient multimodal domestic National Aviation Aviation Air Freight Airlines and international cargo Policy (2019) Division movement) Pakistan Single Ministry of Customs Window Project Finance NATIONAL FREIGHT & LOGISTICS POLICY (NFLP) Improve Level of Increase the Lower Costs Customer service Speed & Reliability OBJECTIVES National Freight & Logistics Policy COMPETITION CAPACITY CAPITAL & FINANCE Loans Standards Training Insurances Certifications Institution Guarantees Transparency Infrastructure Safety & Security Skill Development International Conventions Technological Innovation ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ROLE ENCOURAGE PRIVATE ENTERPRISES & COMPETITION Bringing Efficiency In Global Supply Chain THANK YOU .
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