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 ===Phase II===
-[[File:Gawadar Marine Drive.jpg|thumb|200px|A 6-lane highway built, as a part of [[CPEC|CPEC project]], along Gwadar coastline]]
 The second phase of construction is currently underway as part of planned improvements under [[CPEC]] and other ancillary projects. The total project is expected to cost $1.02 billion.<ref name="usa.chinadaily.com.cn">{{cite news|title=Zhuhai Port scores big with deal in Pakistan|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2015-10/30/content_22326165.htm|access-date=1 July 2016|agency=China Daily|date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818133125/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2015-10/30/content_22326165.htm|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Sep 2018, the Pakistan Senate expressed concern at slow rate of progress of most projects of Phase II at Gwadar as construction had not started for most projects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1794528/2-senate-body-concerned-slow-pace-work/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916133348/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1794528/2-senate-body-concerned-slow-pace-work/ |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 ==Gwadar Special Economic Zone==
-[[File:Model for Gawadar Special Economic Zone.jpg|thumb|200px|Physical model of Phase-I of proposed Gwadar Special Economic Zone]]
 The expanded port will be located near a 2,282-acre [[Free trade zone|free trade area]] in Gwadar which is being modelled on the lines of the [[Special Economic Zones of China]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Li|first1=Yan|title=Groundwork laid for China-Pakistan FTZ|url=http://www.ecns.cn/business/2015/11-17/188916.shtml|website=ECNS|access-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181818/http://www.ecns.cn/business/2015/11-17/188916.shtml|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2000 acre of land was leased to Chinese Company in November 2015 for the construction of Gwadar Economic Zone.,<ref>{{cite news|title=ECONOMIC ZONE: GOVERNMENT HANDS GWADAR LAND OVER TO CHINA|url=http://www.brecorder.com/market-data/stocks-a-bonds/636:/1245670:economic-zone-government-hands-gwadar-land-over-to-china/?date=2015-11-12|work=Business Recorder|date=12 November 2015|access-date=24 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211403/http://www.brecorder.com/market-data/stocks-a-bonds/636:/1245670:economic-zone-government-hands-gwadar-land-over-to-china/?date=2015-11-12|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> while construction of the project began on 20 June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Construction of industrial free zone in Gwadar begins|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1126021/gwadar-development-industrial-free-zone-construction-begins/|access-date=21 June 2016|agency=Express Tribune|quote=It is expected that the port city will be able to create about 40,000 jobs. Gwadar Port Authority (GPA), Chairman Dostain Khan Jamaldini said that the construction of Gwadar Free Zone is underway at a cost of US$2&nbsp;billion.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620130306/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1126021/gwadar-development-industrial-free-zone-construction-begins/|archive-date=20 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The special economic zone is expected to employ approximately 40,000 people,<ref>{{cite news|title=Gwadar Port to create over 40,000 job opportunities|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/business/20-Jun-16/gwadar-port-to-create-over-40000-job-opportunities|access-date=21 June 2016|agency=Daily Times|date=20 June 2016|quote=the port city alone will be able to create over 40,000 jobs"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621122151/http://dailytimes.com.pk/business/20-Jun-16/gwadar-port-to-create-over-40000-job-opportunities|archive-date=21 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> with possibility for future expansion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gwadar Port to create over 40,000 job opportunities|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/business/20-Jun-16/gwadar-port-to-create-over-40000-job-opportunities|access-date=21 June 2016|agency=Daily Times|date=20 June 2016|quote=port city alone will be able to create over 40,000 jobs having more capacity of job opportunities in future."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621122151/http://dailytimes.com.pk/business/20-Jun-16/gwadar-port-to-create-over-40000-job-opportunities|archive-date=21 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 ==Operations==
-[[File:Gawadar Port unloading urea for transit to Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Urea]] is being unloaded from a ship at Gwadar Port for transit to [[Afghanistan]]]]
 Gwadar Port is owned by the government-owned Gwadar Port Authority<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gwadarport.gov.pk/ |title=Welcome to Gwadar Port |access-date=23 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516195735/http://gwadarport.gov.pk/ |archive-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and operated by China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC), a state-run Chinese firm.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Haseeb |title=Pakistan hands over Gwadar Port operation to China |url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/18-Feb-2013/pakistan-hands-over-gwadar-port-operation-to-china |access-date=2 March 2013 |newspaper=The Nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225121516/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/18-Feb-2013/pakistan-hands-over-gwadar-port-operation-to-china |archive-date=25 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Prior to COPHC, the port was operated by the [[Port of Singapore Authority]].