| Cooperation Between Urban and Port Development Policies |
| Closer
cooperation between urban and port development policies in term of planning and developing
regional logistic networks, with their related consequences on public transportation
policies, need to be implemented to optimize public resources allocation and facilitate
private sector investment and operations. Policy Guide Lines: Objectives of increasing
Road Network Density from 0.18 Km /Sq. Km of the area compared to 0.5 Km/ Sq. Km. which
has been considered a bare minimum for sustaining Economic Development of a country. We
therefore need to take under mentioned measures while documenting the
Transport Policy with respect to Rural Road infrastructure. Read More
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| Efficiency of Logistic Operation |
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Efficiency of logistic operations and in particular of the port
interface, is critical for export competitiveness.
A comprehensive trade and transport facilitation agenda, addressing all procedural aspects
of transport operations related to external trade activities, would be highly beneficial
for Pakistan |
| Some of the important issues are: |
Road Freight Problems |
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Shipment Delays.
2. Little or no coordination in services offered
3. Obsolete cargo equipment.
4. Ineffectual cargo management.
5. Unnecessary custom procedures, etc. |
Private
trucking industry carries approximately 95 percent of the road freight traffic. The
army-based trucking operation, the National Logistics Cell, created for emergency in 1978
by GOP to transport wheat and fertilizer from the port, carries the remaining 5 percent.
About 95% of the road
freight traffic is not appropriately designed and powered.
Obsolete cargo transportation services and logistics add to the problems of congestion on
the roads.
There is excessive overloading resulting and lack of enforcement of truck overloading and
safety regulations.
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