Universal Impact
About HTAL
Freight Forwarding, Consolidation, Container Depots, LPG / NGL Trading, Cold Chain Solutions – with everything HTAL does, we ensure global reach, local expertise and universal impact and to be the most trusted source in providing logistical solutions so our customers decide with confidence.
Freight & Shipping Industry in Pakistan
Economic development of a country depends upon various factors such as its natural resources, capital goods and human resources. Pakistan has emerged, as a good place for investment and its stock exchange is one of the best performing bourses in the emerging markets. Pakistan also see an expansion in trade finance which will involve building good relationships with other countries as they see a great potential to expand trade and investment between them. All in all, the economy is growing; it has shown a positive number in terms of GDP, exports, production, foreign investment, and relationship with other countries.
Freight sector inefficiencies and low service quality are costing the national economy billions annually. It has been proposed to devise a new regulatory framework to develop freight transport infrastructure to facilitate inter-modal connectivity and private sector participation since one of the major challenges facing the fractured transport system is the lack of a unified planning structure.
The transport system has direct and indirect linkage with all the important sectors of the economy. The size of transport infrastructure affects the economic development of any country. An efficient and good quality transport system contributes to economic growth by lowering production cost. Pakistan has several thousand kilometers of land borders with its neighboring countries: Iran, Afghanistan, China and India, with five main entry points but the volume of trade through these routes is very low. Geographically, Pakistan is divided in to Eastern and Western corridors and flow of traffic is from North to South as seaports are located in the South. In Pakistan, Road, Rail and Air are three major components of transport infrastructure.
As more than 95 per cent of the total freight trade of Pakistan is seaborne, the overall objective of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping includes modernization and corporatization of Ports and Shipping with a view to introducing landlord concept in Ports, rationalizing Ports’ tariffs in order to be competitive in the region, introducing modern technology and data base in line with the present day trends.
There are three major Seaports:
Three Major Seaports
Karachi Port
Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
Gawadar Port
HTAL will hope to play a strong part in the Freight and Shipping market and overcome the challenges and continue growing.
In this industry, HTAL’s challenge is to:
- Cope with the economic changes and adapt themselves;
- Accept and explore new technology;
- Gain trust locally and internationally;
- Continue giving the best of their services
Vision
We envision ourselves in the global industry as a leading company that offers the best quality logistical solutions.
Mission
We endeavor to have a strong market presence by employing strategy, human resource and strong business acumen which will derive our success. We want to revolutionize the notion of commercial trading while giving top priority to quality of service, in turn securing our bond with our customers and shareholders.