Wan Hai
Tracking Through KICT & Local Agency in Pakistan

Wan Hai Into Pakistan

Wan Hai has a more concrete Pakistan footprint than several other intra-Asia carriers moving cargo through the region, in that two specific facts about it are directly confirmed rather than inferred. First, Wan Hai’s own contact directory names Riazeda Pvt Ltd, based in Clifton, Karachi, as its exclusive Pakistan agent, handling vessel operations, import and export documentation, delivery order issuance and customer support locally. Second, Wan Hai appears on published lists of carriers calling Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT), on West Wharf, alongside lines such as Yang Ming and COSCO.

What is not confirmed from a primary source is whether a Wan Hai-operated vessel calls Karachi directly on a named rotation, as opposed to Wan Hai cargo reaching Karachi after a connection at a regional hub and then being discharged at KICT under a different operating carrier. Wan Hai’s business model generally leans toward the feeder role: it runs a large number of smaller, flexible ships that give it direct-call coverage on Asian port pairs the bigger alliance carriers would only reach by transshipment, and it feeds cargo into and out of those larger networks rather than competing on the long-haul lanes itself. Given that pattern, and given that we could not find a published Wan Hai service map naming Karachi as a call on one of its own strings, it is reasonable to expect that Pakistan-bound Wan Hai cargo often changes vessel at a hub, even though the terminal and local agency at the Pakistan end are both confirmed.

The distinction matters practically: a confirmed local agent and a confirmed terminal tell you where your shipment will be documented and discharged, not necessarily which vessel physically carries it the whole way. If your tracking shows a gap between an Asian port and Karachi, that is consistent with a hub transfer rather than a tracking failure.

We found no confirmation of a Wan Hai call at Port Qasim specifically, so this page names only KICT.

Clearing a Wan Hai Shipment in Pakistan

Once a Wan Hai container discharges at KICT, clearance runs through the standard Pakistan process: the importer or their clearing agent files the goods declaration via WeBOC or the Pakistan Single Window against the bill of lading, duties and taxes are assessed, and KICT releases the container once customs and terminal charges clear. Riazeda’s confirmed role as Wan Hai’s local agent covers shipping-side documentation, vessel operations and delivery order issuance, not customs brokerage, so a delivery order from Riazeda is a separate step from the customs clearance itself.

One Wan Hai-specific detail worth checking before you start: confirm the container prefix on your documents is actually WHLU or WHSU, the only two codes registered to Wan Hai Lines, since a leased box from Triton, CAI or Beacon moving on a Wan Hai booking carries the lessor’s prefix instead and can otherwise look like a transcription problem when it is not. Once the box is correctly identified and the delivery order issued, Maalbardaar files WeBOC clearance against the confirmed KICT discharge, whether the vessel that physically called Karachi was operated by Wan Hai or by a partner carrier after a regional hub connection.