The Havelian dry port is being built in the vicinity of Baldhair railway station, about five kilometres from Haripur city and is designed to meet the demand of the containerized future freight traffic between China and Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the Belt and Road Initiative. Havelian dry port will be an essential joint in the logistic infrastructure between the northern terminus of the ML-1 railway line (Karachi–Peshawar) and the southern terminus of the upgraded Karakorum Highway coming from the north, linking Pakistan to China.
Project Information
Project Name
Havelian Dryport
Type
Intermodal Container Dryport (Freight Transport Infrastructure) 
Location
Havelian, District Haripur/Pakistan 
BRI Corridor
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Current Status
Chinese consultant was named to conduct a joint feasibility study of the Main Line 1 (ML1) and Havelian dry port project in August 2014 during the third Joint Cooperation Council (JCC) in Beijing;
Request for Chinese financing submitted in November 2016;
Framework agreement signed in May 2017;
Feasibility report finalized in June 2017
Chinese Involvement
Technical and Financial Assistance
Projected Total Project Costs
USD 65 million
Financing
Work will be carried out by financing through Chinese Government Concessional Loan (GCL). Work will be awarded through open bidding through EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract
Proposing Agency
Ministry of Railways
Implementing Agency
Pakistan Railways
Supervising Agency
Ministry of Communications, Government of Pakistan
Project Sustainability
– Potential land ownership issues