Gwadar Port became formally operational on 14 November 2016, when it was inaugurated by Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif; the first convoy was seen off by the then Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif.
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On 31 May 2021 Gwadar Port become fully Operational, along with the availability of online booking for the delivery of goods.
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Gwadar Port is situated on the shores of the Arabian Sea in the city of Gwadar, located in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
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Gwadar Port is situated on a rocky outcropping in the Arabian sea that forms part of a natural hammerhead-shaped peninsula protruding out from the Pakistani coastline.
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Pakistan's interest in Gwadar Port started when, in 1954, it engaged the United States Geological Survey to conduct a survey of its coastline.
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Small wharf at Gwadar was completed in 1992, and formal proposals for a deep sea port at Gwadar were unveiled a year later in 1993.
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Gwadar Port is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast through the Strait of Malacca, to Mombasa, from there via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region with its rail connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.
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Gwadar Port is being developed in two phases: Phase I covered building of three multipurpose berths and related port infrastructure and port handling equipment, and was completed in December 2006, but inaugurated on 20 March 2007.
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The Pakistani government intends to establish a training institute named Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute at Gwadar which is to be completed at the cost of 943 million rupees to impart skills to local residents to train them to operate machinery at the port.
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Long terms plans for Gwadar Port call for a total of 100 berths to be built by 2045.
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On 10 April 2016, talking to The Washington Post, Zhang Baozhong, chairman of China Overseas Gwadar Port Holding Company said that his company could spend a total of $4.
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Gwadar Port is owned by the government-owned Gwadar Port Authority and operated by China Overseas Port Holding Company, a state-run Chinese firm.
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In September 2011, The Wall Street Journal reported that Gwadar was being underused as commercial port, and that Pakistan had asked the Chinese government to assume operations of the port.
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China's stake in Gwadar will allow it to expand its influence in the Indian Ocean, a vital route for oil transportation between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
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Pakistani analysts have endorsed the view that Chabahar is not a competitor, stating that Gwadar has an advantage by being a deep sea port and the expansion of Chabahar would in fact expand trade through Gwadar.
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Gwadar Port discusses the problem of sewage waste and solid waste affecting the coast including that of Gwadar.
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Gwadar Port argues that a thorough natural habitat assessment and regulation of fisheries is a solution to this growing environmental problem.
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Gwadar Port was featured on the back of the five Pakistani Rupee currency note, which is no longer in circulation.
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