PCDMA urges govt to improve port, transport infrastructure

Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) Chairman Salim Valimuhammad has said that the Karachi Port is witnessing an unprecedented increase in transshipment activity, describing the development as a significant opportunity for our trade and logistics sector. He said disruptions in shipping operations in Dubai, coupled with ongoing regional tensions, had led several international shipping lines to divert cargo traffic towards Pakistan. As a result, he said, the Karachi Port handled 8,313 containers in just the first 24 days of March 2026. This is right figure, a figure equivalent to the total number of containers processed during the whole of 2025, he said. Valimuhammad said cargo movement at the Port Qasim has also increased, indicating growing confidence among global shipping operators in Pakistan’s port facilities.