Five ships; C.V Maersk Pittsburgh, C.V APL Miami, M T Straum, M T Khor Gas and M V Iris Oldendorff carrying containers, palm oil, LPG and coal were arranged berthing at Qasim International Container Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and Pakistan International Bulk Terminal respectively during the last 24 hours, said a report issued by Port Qasim Authority (PQA) here on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, an oil tanker DL Navig-8 carrying diesel oil also arrived at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim on the same day.
Berth occupancy was observed at the port at 69pc on Tuesday, where a total of eleven ships namely; Maersk Pittsburgh, APL Miami, Al-Manama, Clipper Tenacious, Chang Shan Hai, Iris Oldendorff, Iris-II, Khor Gas, Al-Ghariya, Straum and Al-Soor-II are currently occupying the berth to load/offload the containers, slag, coal, soya bean, LPG, LNG, palm oil and diesel oil respectively.
A record cargo handling was achieved at the port where a cargo volume of 179,062 tonnes, comprising 166,389 tonnes import cargo and 12,673 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,706 containers (TUEs) 3,039 import TUEs and 667 TUE’s exports was handled during last 24 hours.
Two ships, oil tanker Al-Soor-II and Edible carrier Straum sailed out to sea on Wednesday morning, while gas carriers Al-Ghariya and Khor Gas are expected to sail on the same day, afternoon and a container Vessel Maersk Pittsburgh is expected to sail during the night hours.
Two ships, CMA CGM Indus and M Lion’s containers carrying furnace oil are expected to arrive at the container terminal and FOTCO terminal respectively, on Wednesday, while CMA CGM Maupassant is due to arrive at PQ on Thursday.
