longest coast of pakistan

pakistan longest coastal area are balochitan
Longest Coastline Of Pakistan is Balochistan coastline which is 771 kms long while the total length of the coastal areas of Pakistan is about 1100 km. The coastal areas of Pakistan are in the province of Sindh and Balochistan. These coastal areas are on the shore of Arabian sea and it connects Pakistan with other countries of the world through a sea route. Gawadar and Karachi are two prominent ports on thesecoastal areas of Pakisan. The city of Gawadar is developing very sharply because of the seaport. Gwadar is a district along the sea in south of the Makran. The coastline of Gwadar District is about 600 Kilometers long. Gawadar port can become a trade hub for all the neighbouring land locked central Asian countries of Pakistan

Coastal Attraction

Most of us are fascinated by the sea. We belong on dry land but a marine panorama holds an awe-inspiring response matched only by the night sky, mountain ranges and great forests. From childhood to old age, being on the edge of the land holds a fascination. Everything about the coast is unique, the light is brighter and bluer, the air is fresher, the flora and fauna are specialised and the weather is often localised. These are just some of the things make the coast a special place to be, whether for a holiday break or for the long term.

We hope you enjoy looking at, and probably dreaming about, what it must be like to live in or spend quality time in these lovely places. More than that, we hope you actually find yourself breathing in the sea air, eating fresh fish and feeling the sand between your toes.

Clouds started pouring their blessed water in Karachi

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 It was such a lovely weather that I couldn’t stop myself from enjoying it and celebrating the beautiful weather with my friends. What could be a better place to visit other than SEA VIEW, the best of the best place in Karachi.
Let me give you an over view of Sea View, it’s actually corniche of Karachi. The moment you reach sea view road, you see beautiful heart throbbing waves splashing and hitting the edge. Lots of people go there to see the sunset, and many even go there to see the sunrise, people jog/walk there and many rich lads bring their horse for horse-riding on seaside (who would miss if one gets an opportunity).
Many bhutta Wala’s, goley gandey wala, Kehwa, Chaye wala are roaming there to serve you. But now there are many take away outlets there that have all the cuisines from Pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, rolls, biryani, juices, coffee, tea etc.
Not to forget Pizza Hut van there, a drive-thru McDonalds, Salt n pepper Village, Floating Boat, etc (hope I didn’t miss any)After sunset, normally people think that it might get dark there and dangerous but let me tell you it’s so bright there, that you might find a dropped common pin because there are so many lamp posts with brighter lights in them and many cops roaming around for security.
It’s a safe and calm place where waves that might seem quiet have so much noise in them that many a times people get afraid of these waves, especially when oil spills in the sea or when there is cyclone news, sea view road gets closed for security purposes. Not to forget, one can’t date there because of our efficient Karachi police. So there is no chance for youngsters to do anything

Introduction port qasim

Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is adjacent to the town of the same name in southeastern Karachi, Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea and the delta of the Indus River. Port Muhammad Bin Qasim was constructed in the 1970s to take some of the burgeoning traffic clogging the Port of Karachi. Today, it is Pakistan’s’ second biggest port.Vessels approach Port Muhammad Bin Qasim through a 45-kilometer Navigation Channel that can accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT. Tidal variation at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim ranges from 0.5 to 3.5 meters. One of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim’s advantages its location near the national highway network (the National Highway is 15 kilometers away), the rail network (the National Railway is 14 kilometers away), and air transport (22 kilometers from Jinnah International Airport). The National Railway has six tracks immediately behind the berths.
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim contains nine berths that handle cargo. It contains a multi-purpose terminal with four multi-purpose berths, each 200 meters in length. The Qasim International Container Terminal has two berths, each 300 meters long. The Engro Vopak Chemical Terminal has one berth. Pakistan Steel Mills uses the 279-meter-long Iron Ore and Coal Berth. The Fotco Oil Terminal has one berth but has room to add another four.
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim’s International Container Terminal contains two container-handling berths that were converted from four former multi-purpose berths. The terminal is the country’s first dedicated international container terminal, and it has been operating since mid-1997. The terminal covers 240 thousand square meters and has capacity to handle 360 thousand TEUs per year. It can accommodate vessels to 272 meters long and up to 45 thousand DWT. The terminal has rail-mounted ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
Working with Pakistan GasPort, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is adding a floating Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal that will handle 3 million tons per year and accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT. Initial detailed surveys have been completed, and the project is scheduled to be completed in late 2010. The M/s Granada Group of Companies is planning a new specialized Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Terminal that will handle 3.5 million tons per year. Technical proposals are being evaluated.

Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is adding a dedicated Coal, Clinker/Cement Terminal that will handle 4 million tons per year and accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT.
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is also planning to add a second Oil Jetty to handle products from the proposed Indus Oil Refinery. The jetty will have capacity for 9 million tons per year and will accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT.
Pakistan Steel Mills has requested a second Iron Ore and Coal Berth at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim. The port is planning to add a facility, to be synchronized with expansions of the steel mills, with capacity for 8 million tons per year that can accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT. Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is completing construction of a new Liquid Cargo Terminal to handle up to 4 million tons per year. Covering an area of more than 16.5 thousand square meters, the terminal will accommodate vessels to 35 thousand DWT.
Scheduled for completion in 2010, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is adding a second container terminal with capacity for almost 1.2 million TEUs under an agreement with Dubai Port World. Covering an area of 250 thousand square meters, the terminal will support 6000-TEU container vessels.
In addition to these projects, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is undertaking improvements at the port that include deepening and widening the navigation channel and completing the computerization systems supporting port operations.
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim’s Fotco Oil Terminal has operated since 1995. This state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly terminal can handle 9 million tons of furnace oil per year, and there is room to add three more berths that would raise its capacity to 27 million tons per year. The facility’s jetty can accommodate vessels to 75 thousand DWT, and the terminal can berth tankers to 63 thousand DWT. Since it opened, the terminal has handled more than 29 million tons of furnace oil. In early 2001, it started handling white oil, and it has handled British Petroleum crude oil. Anticipating growth in Pakistan’s future needs for petroleum, the terminal can have four more berths and product pipelines. In addition, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim has set aside over 31 hectares of land for a POL Storage Tank Farm.

Activity at Port Qasim

KARACHI: Brisk shipping activity was observed at 0the Port Qasim where five ships carrying containers, rice and furnace oil were berthed at Qasim International Containers Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal and FOTCO Terminal respectively Tuesday.
Meanwhile four more ships carrying containers, general cargo and furnace oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim on same day.

Berth occupancy was 90 percent at the Port where a total of eleven ships were engaged at PQA berths to load/offload containers, rice, sugar, seeds, canola seeds, furnace oil and palm oil respectively during last 24 hours.

A cargo volume of 10,1680 tonnes comprising 81,535 tonnes imports and 20,145 tonnes exports inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 2,148 containers (TEUs) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.

Three containers ships sailed out to sea on early morning, while two more ships are expected to sail later today till 12 noon.

Two containers ships and one general cargo ship are expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and Multi Purpose Terminal on Wednesday. Shipping activity remained active at the Port Qasim where two ships carrying edible oil and chemicals were berthed at Liquid Cargo Terminal and Engro Vopak Terminal respectively Monday. Meanwhile five more ships carrying containers and furnace oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim on same day. Berth occupancy was maintained at the Port at 70 percent on Monday where a total of eight ships were engaged at PQA berths to load/offload rice, sugar, seeds, chemicals and palm oil respectively during last 24 hours.

PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL

Total Area of berths 6-9 is 220,000 square meters. Berths newly constructed by KPT with a planned depth of 13.5m and quay wall of 600 meters. Pakistan International Container Terminal was formed as the Terminal Operating Company and dedicated container terminal operations commenced on August 9th , 2002. PICT has taken possession of approximately 208,000 square meters of area and completed necessary civil works and office construction for the smooth functioning of the Terminal. The Terminal now possesses dedicated Custom Facilities, Customer Services with one window facilities – including collection of KPT Wharfage dues, Operations Office, Communications Centre and round the clock Private Terminal Security. PICT is providing services to 4 liner shipping lines weekly (on average) and handling container volumes of over 240,000 TEU’s annually.

Ancient coins thata 95 km east of karachi port

Thatta is about 95 kilometers east of the Port of Karachi. This historic town of some 22 thousand residents was the capital of three dynasties before it was ruled by Delhi's Mughal emperors. The remains of the ancient glorious city illustrate the civilization of ancient Sindh. Located near Pakistan's biggest freshwater lake, its monuments are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chaukani are tombs from the 15th to 18th Centuries that are scattered across a large area at Thatta. Each tomb is different, and their sandstone carvings illustrate the relationships between the local tribes and their neighbors in Iran, central Asia, and Turkey. Banbhore, excavated in 1962, is the place where Alexander the Great established a town in 325 BC and where the first Muslim conqueror arrived in 711 AD. The Jamia Masjid was built by Moghal Emperor Shah Jehan, the creator of the Taj Mahal. Dating from the 15th to 17th Centuries, the Makli Tombs represent a huge 15.5 square kilometer necropolis with exquisite architecture, stone carvings, and glazed tiles.

The National Museum of Pakistan, located in the Port of Karachi, focuses on the cultural history of the country. Its displays include archaeological artifacts, Islamic art, and historical documents. The museum has 11 galleries, including 52 rare manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an in the Qur'an Gallery. Other galleries cover the mysterious and ancient Indus Civilization, sculptures from the Gandhara civilization, ancient coins, precious Islamic art, miniature paintings, and many manuscripts telling the story of Pakistan's political beginnings. The Ethnological gallery contains life-size statues of the ethnic groups living today in Pakistan's four provinces. Visitors should set aside several hours to explore this wonderful museum.

antroduction gwadar

Gwadar  is a developing port city in Balochistan, Pakistan, which is situated on the southwestern coast of Pakistan on the Arabian Sea with a population of approximately 50,000.
Gwadar is strategically located between three increasingly important regions: the oil-rich Middle East, heavily populated South Asia and the economically emerging and resource-laden region of Central Asia. Gwadar is the location of the Gwadar Port, a warm-water, deep sea port.

The Gwadar Port was built on a turnkey basis by China. It was inaugurated in the spring of 2007 by then Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf. Gwadar Port is now being expanded into a deep sea port and naval base with Chinese technical and financial assistance. Gwadar Port became operational in 2008 with the first ship to dock bringing 52,000 tonnes of wheat from Canada. Pakistan's Minister of Ports and Shipping, Sardar Nabil Ahmed Khan Gabol, officially inaugurated the port on 21 December 2008.[2China has acknowledged that Gwadar’s strategic value is no less than that of the Karakoram Highway, which helped cement the China-Pakistan relationship. Beijing is also interested in turning it into an energy-transport hub by building an oil pipeline from Gwadar into China's Xinjiang region. The planned pipeline will carry crude oil sourced from Arab and African states. Such transport by pipeline will cut freight costs and also help insulate the Chinese imports from interdiction by hostile naval forces in case of any major war.

Commercially, it is hoped that the Gwadar Port would generate billions of dollars in revenues and create at least two million jobs.[3] In 2007, the government of Pakistan handed over port operations to PSA Singapore for 25 years, and gave it the status of a Tax Free Port for the following 40 years. The main investors in the project are the Pakistani Government and the People's Republic of China, making China's plan to be engaged in many places along oil and gas roads evident                        

gwadar port look

Gawadar is the smallest seaport of Pakistan. It is the newly built seaport which is situated on the coastline of Balochistan province which is about 600 km long. Gwadar Port is a warm water seaport which became operational in 2008. It is the third major sea port of Pakistan after Karachi port and port Qasim. Gawadar port was set up in order to connect the land locked countries of Central Asia with the rest of the world through this sea route.