GWADAR PORTStrategic Importance

CONTENTS

• Location

• Importance

• Hurdles in development

LOCATION

• Balochistan

• Shore of Arabian Sea

• 120km from Iran

• At the mouth of Strait of Hormuz

IMPORTANCE

IMPORTANCE FOR CHINA

• China – largest population

• Energy needs of china

• Importer of oil from middle east

• Gwadar- surrounded by countries having two third oil reserves

• Can act as shortest trade route to china.

IMPORTANCE FOR CHINA

IMPORTANCE FOR CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES

• Central Asian countries

• Landlocked

• Have no sea port.

• Gwadar is shortest way to sea.

IMPORTANCE FOR PAKISTAN

• 2 million jobs

• Development in Balochistan

• Revenues from

WHY GWADAR

• Deepest sea port of Pakistan

• Highest depth.

• Large ships can be docked

COMPARISON OF DEPTH

National PortsDepth

(m)

International

ports

Depth

(m)

Karachi Port 9-10 Singapore 20-21

Port Qasim 11-12 Hong Kong 9-10

Gwadar Port 17-18 UAE 15-16

• More depth means heavy ships can be docked

• Heavy Ships means more goods.

• Less time – less money -economical

HURDLES IN DEVELOPMENT

HURDLES

• Security issue

• Lack of infrastructure

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