Minister for Maritime Affairs Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Sunday said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has achieved the highest annual cargo handling volume in its 138-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistani ports, including the KPT, have emerged<\/a> as a safe trading hub in recent months due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran war. Global shipping lines diverting vessels to Pakistan triggered an unprecedented surge in transhipment activity<\/a> at Karachi ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement on Sunday, Chaudhry said KPT this fiscal year (FY25-26) surpassed its previous all-time cargo handling record of 54.685 million tonnes, which was set in FY17-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cargo handling refers to the movement, loading, unloading, and storage of goods between ships, trucks, trains, and storage facilities within the port area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to figures on the KPT\u2019s website<\/a>, cargo handling for the previous year (FY24-25) stood at 53.951m tonnes.This figure shared on the KPT\u2019s website shows cargo handling records from FY20-21 to FY24-25. \u2014 KPT<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his statement, the minister described the milestone as a reflection of the growing maritime sector and improved port efficiency. He attributed the achievement to effective management and increased port capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the record marked significant progress for Pakistan\u2019s maritime economy, port infrastructure and trade, adding that it reflected the success of his ministry\u2019s reform agenda and the institution\u2019s professional capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chaudhry said the government was continuing measures to modernise the ports, expand their capacity<\/a>, strengthen logistics infrastructure<\/a> and provide facilities in line with international standards to enhance Pakistan\u2019s position as a regional maritime and trade hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The minister reaffirmed the ministry\u2019s commitment to modernising all national ports, attracting investment and promoting trade activities to support economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chaudhry congratulated KPT Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Shahid Ahmed, the port\u2019s officers and employees, as well as other stakeholders, for what he described as the result of coordinated planning, teamwork and sustained efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The KPT chairman also congratulated the port\u2019s workforce, saying the achievement reflected the organisation\u2019s professionalism, effective strategy and teamwork. He added that efforts would continue to further improve the port\u2019s operational performance and competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also in FY25-26, the KPT handled a record volume<\/a> of containerised cargo of over 2.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In May, the first-ever fully transhipment cargo vessel arrived<\/a> at KPT, marking Pakistan\u2019s evolution into a premier regional transhipment hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this month, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and local partners signed<\/a> a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a maritime business district on 140\u2011acre prime KPT waterfront land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Minister for Maritime Affairs Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Sunday said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has achieved the highest annual cargo handling volume in its..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204.png",480,565,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204-255x300.png",255,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204.png",480,565,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204.png",480,565,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204.png",480,565,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-191204.png",480,565,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}