Karachi Gateway Multipurpose Terminal and Louis Dreyfus Company Sign Long-Term Agreement to Develop Clean Bulk Handling & Storage FacilityDecember 05, 2025Agreement brings together ADQ portfolio companies AD Ports Group and LDC in a joint effort to strengthen Pakistan’s agricultural supply chain and ports logistics ecosystem
Karachi, Pakistan / Abu Dhabi, UAE – 05 December 2025: AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), a global enabler of integrated trade, transport, industry, and logistics solutions, announced that Karachi Gateway Terminal Multipurpose Limited (KGTML), part of Noatum Ports, the international ports operating arm of AD Ports Group, and Louis Dreyfus Company Pakistan (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of leading global merchant and agricultural goods processor Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), today signed a long-term commercial agreement to develop and operate a modern clean bulk handling and storage facility for agricultural goods at Karachi Port.
Under the agreement, KGTML will invest in the design and construction of a highly efficient, food-grade clean bulk facility, including a handling and conveyor system along with associated infrastructure and utilities, to support the efficient handling and storage of dry agricultural bulk cargo, in line with international best practices, while LDC has committed to providing an inbound volume of agricultural commodities. LDC will leverage the new infrastructure as part of its plans to grow its presence in Pakistan. The investment is in addition to the USD 75 million previously committed by AD Ports Group during phase one of the KGTML project. (....)