Karachi: Pakistan has officially begun construction on the Pipri Dedicated Freight Corridor and Multimodal Logistics Park, a project aligned with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), aimed at modernizing the country’s freight transport and trade infrastructure.
The initiative, jointly developed by DP World, Pakistan Railways, and the National Logistics Corporation, will rehabilitate a 52-kilometre rail corridor connecting Karachi Port to the Pipri Marshalling Yard. In addition, the project includes the establishment of a state-of-the-art logistics park equipped with warehousing and cargo-handling facilities. The first phase is expected to be completed within four months.
Officials say the corridor will shift container transport from roads to rail, significantly reducing congestion at Karachi’s ports and enabling faster, more efficient cargo movement to domestic markets as well as CPEC-linked routes toward China and Central Asia.
The project is also expected to cut logistics costs, lower emissions, and strengthen Pakistan’s position as a regional trade and transit hub, offering long-term economic benefits for the country’s growing logistics and trade sectors.
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