With hope, Chinese-run #Gwadar Port set to operate - The Express Tribune
▻http://tribune.com.pk/story/868338/officially-functioning-with-hope-chinese-run-gwadar-port-set-to-operate
The Chinese-run Gwadar deep-sea port will commence operation formally from this month, starting with fish exports to Gulf countries, said Gwadar Port Managing Director (MD) Dostain Khan Jamaldini.
“The first commercial ship will dock at the port and a new ship lane will be in operation thereafter,” said the MD. “Our target is to make the port fully operational this year.”
The port authorities acquired possession of 2,231 acres of land at the beginning of the year from Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Coast Guard for establishing free-trade zones.
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Gwadar–Kashgar trade corridor dilemma
▻http://nation.com.pk/business/13-Apr-2015/gwadar-kashgar-trade-corridor-dilemma
1. The vibrant Chinese economy, manifest and multifaceted, is outreaching to venture into geographical locations still somewhat remote and outlying.
One such option would be the Sea-Silk Road, announced by the Chinese President in a recent visit to the Maldives.
Another option awaiting completion would be the repose of vast potential called the Gwader – Kashgar Trade Corridor.
China is spending billions of dollars on development of her western part of the country i.e.
Kashgar / Xinjiang province which is far from her ports in the east.
China is planning to connect it with Gwadar Port being the shortest access to the sea.
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TheChina-Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC) is an under-construction development megaproject to connect Gwadar Port in southern Pakistan to China’s northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang via highways, railways and pipelines to transport oil and gas. The project is considered central to the China–Pakistan relations. The economic corridor will run about 3,000 km from Gwadar, a port city in southwest Pakistan, to the northwestern Chinese city of Kashgar. Overall construction costs are estimated at $45 billion, with the project expected to be completed in 2030, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
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Strategic Importance
When the corridor is constructed it will serve as a primary gateway for trade between China and the Middle East and Africa. In particular oil from the Middle East could be offloaded at Gwadar, which is located just outside the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and transported to China through the Baluchistan province in Pakistan. Such a link would vastly cut the 12,000-kilometre route that Mideast oil supplies must now take to reach Chinese ports.
