DP World has officially opened a new inland container terminal (ICT) in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city.
DP World Lahore, also known as the Prem Nagar Dry Port, is directly linked by rail to Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT), a gateway port managed and operated by DP World Karachi more than 1,000 kilometres away.
The ICT's inauguration closely follows the opening of Terminal 2 in Port Qasim on January 12, which expanded QICT's capacity from 900,000TEU to around 1.2 million TEU.
The ICT facility is built on over 40 hectares of land and is connected by an extensive network of railway lines and roads to some of the country's most populous areas. The terminal will be managed and operated by DP World in a joint venture with Premier Mercantile Services (PMS), one of Pakistan's largest maritime terminal operators.