GWADAR: *Pakistan’s Gwadar Port achieved a big milestone with first everAfghan transit trade cargo ship anchoring.*
Afghan Transit Trade has been started from Gwadar Port with a ship withcargo for Afghanistan anchored at the port.
The ship carrying first consignment of fertilizer for Afghanistan reachedthe port, Gwadar port sources said.
A batch of the students of local girls college welcomed the port call ofthe first ship of Afghan transit trade.
Pakistan in October link last yearallowed the transit trade for Afghanistan from the port in country’ssouthwestern Balochistan province.
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A notification to the effect, said the trade related infrastructure atGwadar Port is ready to handle bulk cargoes to and from Afghanistan.
“The bulk cargoes imported at the Port for onward transit to Afghanistanwill be transported in containers after stuffing/loading the same intocontainers of international specifications,” the notification issued by theMinistry of Commerce said.
