Gwadar

He came back with a Chinese commitment to take over the operation of Gwadar port, close to the Iranian border.

This week, the government in Beijing said the Gwadar takeover plan had come as news to China.

Although much of this opposition is aimed at the energy industry, Gwadar has also become a focal point of protest.

China also built the massive multimodal port in the southern city of Gwadar, along with a highway and rail link connecting it to China.

Just as important, they're also rehabilitating a 1300-kilometer-long highway to connect Gwadar to China through Pakistan.

For an economy dependent on external funding, this state of affairs bodes ill for Gwadar's future.

It has big investments there, including building the Gwadar port on Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast to give it access to Gulf oil supplies.

New roads, a railroad, and a gas pipeline are building northeast from Gwadar to the KKH, then into China.

The proposed Gwadar port could meet some of the PLA Navy's needs but is less aggressive than a Chinese-owned base on foreign soil.

This month the Pakistan government suggested China could be offered a naval base at the south-western port of Gwadar.

Already, the absence of road links between Gwadar and the rest of Baluchistan has hampered commercial activity.

Might China someday seek a naval presence in Gwadar to protect its vital energy supply lines and possibly challenge Indian naval domination?

However, Hamayoun Khan, of the National Defence University in Islamabad, insists that China's interest in Gwadar remains chiefly commercial.

These investments include the complete financing and construction of the new deep-sea port of Gwadar in Pakistan.

The Chinese trying to build a Naval Base at Gwadar is not news, it has been in the making for a very long time.

Under an ambitious scheme, it could be developed to take goods by road and rail between Gwadar and south-west China.

It comes as no surprise therefore that business activity in and around Gwadar has been slow.

From data analysis of field survey and numerical model, wave and wave induced sediment transport of Gwadar Harbor is studied.

Is Gwadar an isolated case or an important platform for the projection of Chinese influence in the region?

Pakistani officials involved in Gwadar's operations say there is no sign China will take over.

Closer to home you see the Pakistanis asked the Chinese to take over operations of a port and to build a naval base at Gwadar.

The port of Gwadar on Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast is a testament to China's friendship with Pakistan.

Gwadar will afford China's expanding navy a supply base and safe haven that gives onto the Indian Ocean and Gulf.

Attempts on Sunday to contact Mr. Antony and other Indian officials for comment about Gwadar were unsuccessful.

It also plans to construct twin oil and gas pipelines from Gwadar to Western China.

Furthermore, a presence of some sort at Gwadar makes estimable sense for Beijing in the abstract.

To overcome this, the Chinese are building a Naval base at Gwadar housing a large task force of the PLA Navy to oversee the Persian Gulf.

Khan of Cape Town Gwadar will change this whole region.

In May, Pakistan asked China to build a naval anchorage at Gwadar.

Gwadar is where dreams clash with reality.

Gwadar lies right on China's vital oil artery.

The Chinese have already invested $200 million in building a modern port in Gwadar.

Construction of Gwadar started in 2002 and finished in 2007.

Three engineers were killed in a car bomb while on their way to Gwadar port in 2004.

A Few Cognitions of Creation of Project Culture on Gwadar Port Project

Changes in Physical & Mechanical Properties of Soil Before and After Soil Improvement for Phase I of Gwadar Port Project

Verification of Calculations of Pile Colliding and Optimization of Pile Positions for Gwadar Port

Major Issues in Coordination and Management of Gwadar Port Project and Countermeasures

Study of Laws of Sediment Deposition in Gwadar Harbour

Application of High Performance Concrete for Gwadar Port Project

Design Characteristics of Terminal Structure for Phase I of Gwadar Port

Building of Cofferdams with Sand-Filled Geotextile Bags in Gwadar Port

Introduction to Optimization of Designs for Accessory Buildings for Gwadar Port

Supervision of Construction Works for Phase I of Gwadar Port Project

Introduction to Characteristics of Handling Technology for Phase I of Gwadar Port

Technology for Laying of Interlocking Concrete Blocks in Large Scale and Use of Technology in Gwadar Port Project

Operation and Management of Gwadar Port Project

Management of Construction Works on Phase I of Gwadar Port

Analysis of Wave Features in Harbour Area in Gwadar Port

Optimized Designs for Phase I of Gwadar Port