{"id":103989,"date":"2025-11-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103989"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:35:23","slug":"maersks-usd-2bn-gadani-port-development-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/maersks-usd-2bn-gadani-port-development-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"Maersk moves ahead with USD 2bn Gadani Port development plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Global shipping giant Maersk has reaffirmed its planned USD 2 billion investment in Pakistan, marking one of the country\u2019s most significant prospective boosts to port and logistics infrastructure in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investment focuses on developing a new port at Gadani, Balochistan, along with a modern shipping terminal and expanded warehousing and supply chain facilities. Officials say the initiative aims to strengthen Pakistan\u2019s maritime capacity and improve regional trade connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2024 between Pakistan and Denmark, under which Maersk committed to explore large-scale investments in port modernisation, integrated logistics hubs, maritime workforce development, sustainable ship recycling and green-shipping practices. These areas align with Pakistan\u2019s broader goals of improving trade efficiency and meeting global environmental standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-discoveries-drive-oil-reserves-to-5-yr-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New discoveries drive Pakistan\u2019s oil reserves to 5-yr high<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reaffirmation came during a meeting between a delegation from APM Terminals \u2014 a Maersk subsidiary \u2014 and Federal Minister for the Board of Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh. The delegation briefed the minister on project progress and future expansion components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh said the government was committed to facilitating international investors, adding that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Finance Ministry remained aligned on efforts to attract long-term foreign investment. He noted that the Board of Investment was working to streamline procedures and strengthen policy support to accelerate major projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling the investment potentially \u201ctransformative\u201d for Pakistan\u2019s maritime sector, Sheikh said Gadani\u2019s strategic location offers an efficient route for transit trade with Central Asia, positioning Pakistan to become a more competitive regional logistics hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Global shipping giant Maersk has reaffirmed its planned USD 2 billion investment in Pakistan, marking one of the country\u2019s most significant prospective boosts to port and logistics infrastructure in recent years. The investment focuses on developing a new port at Gadani, Balochistan, along with a modern shipping terminal and expanded warehousing and supply chain facilities. Officials say the initiative aims to strengthen Pakistan\u2019s maritime capacity and improve regional trade connectivity. The plan follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2024 between Pakistan and Denmark, under which Maersk committed to explore large-scale investments in port modernisation, integrated logistics hubs, maritime workforce development, sustainable ship recycling and green-shipping practices. These areas align with Pakistan\u2019s broader goals of improving trade efficiency and meeting global environmental standards. Read: New discoveries drive Pakistan\u2019s oil reserves to 5-yr high The reaffirmation came during a meeting between a delegation from APM Terminals \u2014 a Maersk subsidiary \u2014 and Federal Minister for the Board of Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh. The delegation briefed the minister on project progress and future expansion components. Sheikh said the government was committed to facilitating international investors, adding that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Finance Ministry remained aligned on efforts to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":103990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[69431,49074,69426,58045,69424,69432,69425,69433,69434,69429,69428,69427,67957,69435,69430,69423],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-apm-terminals","9":"tag-balochistan-development","10":"tag-central-asia-transit-trade","11":"tag-foreign-investment-pakistan","12":"tag-gadani-port","13":"tag-green-shipping-initiatives","14":"tag-maersk","15":"tag-maritime-infrastructure-pakistan","16":"tag-pakistan-board-of-investment","17":"tag-pakistan-logistics-sector","18":"tag-pakistan-denmark-mou","19":"tag-port-modernisation-pakistan","20":"tag-regional-trade-connectivity","21":"tag-shipping-terminal-development","22":"tag-supply-chain-expansion","23":"tag-usd-2bn-investment","24":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maersk&#039;s USD 2bn Gadani Port development plan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The plan follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2024 between Pakistan and Denmark, under which Maersk...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/maersks-usd-2bn-gadani-port-development-plan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maersk&#039;s USD 2bn Gadani Port development plan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The plan follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2024 between Pakistan and Denmark, under which Maersk...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/maersks-usd-2bn-gadani-port-development-plan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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