Shipping giant Maersk to invest $2b in Pakistan
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Danish shipping company Maersk has announced to invest $ 2 billion in Pakistan’s port and transport infrastructure over the next two years.
According to a state-owned news agency, the investment in this project will contribute to infrastructure development and economic improvement.
In this regard, Minister for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh will visit Denmark this month for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Maersk Shipping Company and Karachi Port Trust.
Read more: Maersk keen to increase its operations in Pakistan
In a statement, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh said that Karachi has great potential to increase exports and the Maritime Affairs ministry is providing an enabling environment to the business community in this regard.
Last month, the Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Ports Pakistan, Khurram Aziz Khan, announced a $250 million investment in Karachi Port over the next ten years during a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Accompanied by a delegation, Khan also detailed a $130 million investment in a fully equipped multipurpose terminal, set to be completed within two years.
The delegation briefed the prime minister on the enhancements to the container terminal facility at Karachi Port, which will include automated gates, an expanded berth, a crane rail track, and new infrastructure.
Reference Link:- https://arynews.tv/maersk-danish-shipping-giant-to-invest-2b-in-pakistan/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
