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Pakistan aims to boost Gwadar port with new shipping lines, ferry
Pakistan Navy ships are docked at the port of Gwadar on Jan. 15. The port receives only one commercial ship per month on average, according to one government official. © AP
ADNAN AAMIR
ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government said last week that it plans to expand the port of Gwadar in the country's southwest, aiming to revive the Chinese-run facility by opening new shipping lines and a ferry service.
Pakistan's Ministry of Maritime Affairs announced that new shipping lines from Gwadar will open to facilitate trade between the Middle East and Central Asia. A ferry service will also be launched linking Gwadar to Muscat in Oman and other member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the ministry said in a Tuesday statement.
