Southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar deep seaport would hopefully be operational in June this year, a chief engineer of Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) said on Friday.

The port would hopefully begin handling commercial vessels in June, Chief Engineer Gwadar Development Authority Aslam Lehri was quoted by APP news agency as saying.

Terminal facilities for container, general cargo and bulk cargo handling have already been established, according to the engineer.

The 14.5-meter deep Gwadar deep seaport would be able to handle bulk carriers up to 30,000 Deadweight tons (DWT) and container vessels of 25,000 DWT, he said.

The engineer added that GDA has identified sites for housing schemes, commercial buildings and industrial states to be built in Gwadar.

Source: Xinhua