Maersk Launches Pakistan’s Largest Integrated Logistics Park At Karachi’s Port Qasim

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller Maersk (Maersk) inaugurated an integrated logistics park in Pakistan’s southeastern port city of Karachi, with a total footprint of more than 1.3 million square feet across seven cities, according to a statement issued by the company. 

The park, located at Karachi’s Port Qasim, a deep-water seaport on the Arabian Sea’s coastline, includes six purpose-built sheds, making Maersk the country’s largest logistics and warehousing provider. 

The integrated logistics park would function as a warehouse, with a consolidation and fulfillment center and cold storage. This facility will also handle cargo storage for retail, lifestyle, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), automotive, and technology industries. It will also be an ideal warehouse location for customers to manage their import and export cargo with the least time spent connecting to and from vessels. 

during the inauguration of the facility, the Managing Director of Maersk Pakistan, Hasan Faraz, said, “At Maersk, our purpose is to improve life for all by integrating the world,” 

?“With our state-of-the-art Integrated Logistics Park, we want to ensure that we play an important role in connecting and simplifying the supply chains for importers, exporters, and traders of Pakistan.” 

Faraz further stated that he was proud of this significant investment in Pakistan because it would serve as a critical building block in the country’s logistics infrastructure. 

“It is also apt to recognize the unwavering support our customers have extended, with whom we could have meaningful conversations that helped us design a solution that creates value in their supply chains.” 

Furthermore, Jakob Linulf, the Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, stated that Pakistan has enormous growth potential. 

“Despite the various current challenges, Maersk has played an important role as a trusted partner for Pakistan’s traders,” he said, adding that “Maersk’s commitment to invest in a large facility such as the one inaugurated today in Port Qasim speaks volumes of the potential that is out there to be harnessed.”