AD Ports Group to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan

The Government of Pakistan and AD Ports Group have signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to explore transportation opportunities in the maritime, air and rail sectors as well as logistics and digital services. These involve the Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue, the Pakistan Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and Karachi Port Trust, and the Pakistan Airports Authority. If pursued the various collaborations envisaged would...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/ad-ports-group-to-explore-investment-opportunities-in-pakistan/

Karachi terminal groundbreaking ceremony

Officials from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates performed the groundbreaking of a US $175 million bulk and general cargo terminal in the port of Karachi, following a new 25-year concession agreement signed between AD Ports Group and Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in in February this year.

Under the terms of the agreement, Karachi Gateway Terminal Multipurpose Limited (KGTML), a joint venture between AD Ports Group, as a majority shareholder, and Kaheel Terminals, a UAE-based company, will...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/karachi-terminal-groundbreaking-ceremony/

Pakistan Navy’s first Hangor-class submarine launched in China

The Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor being launched into the water

The Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group of China has launched the lead boat of a new class of diesel-electric attack submarines ordered by the Pakistan Navy. The future PNS Hangor and another three sister submarines will be built in China while the remaining four boats will be constructed in...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/submersibles-naval/pakistan-navys-first-hangor-class-submarine-launched-in-china/

Iran assures future release of crew of seized containership

MSC Aries

The government of Iran is set to release all 25 crewmembers of a commercial vessel that local paramilitary forces seized earlier this month, the country’s foreign minister told local media. Hossein Amirabdollahian said that the crew of the containership MSC Aries have been granted consular access...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/iran-assures-future-release-of-crew-of-detained-containership/

Pakistan Navy’s fourth Yarmook-class patrol vessel hits the water

Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the final one of four Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered by the Pakistan Navy. Like its sisters, the future PNS Yamama is being built as a multi-purpose surface combatant that is also equipped to carry a helicopter, an unmanned aerial...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/pakistan-navys-fourth-yarmook-class-patrol-vessel-hits-the-water/

Keel laid for Pakistan Navy’s sixth Hangor-class submarine

Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works recently laid the keel of the sixth Hangor-class diesel-electric attack submarine ordered by the Pakistan Navy. This submarine and another three will be the only four boats of the Hangor-class to be built in Pakistan. The remaining four submarines,...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/submersibles-naval/keel-laid-for-pakistan-navys-sixth-hangor-class-submarine/

Second Karachi concession confirmed by AD Ports

AD Ports Group has signed a new concession agreement for bulk and general cargo operations with Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Under the terms of the 25-year agreement, Karachi Gateway Terminal Multipurpose Limited (KGTML), a joint venture between AD Ports Group, the majority shareholder, and Kaheel Terminals, a UAE-based company, will develop, operate and manage the bulk and general cargo terminal berths 11-17 at Karachi Port’s East Wharf.

This agreement builds upon the concession agreement secured...

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