KARACHI: Two ships C.V Maersk Semarng and C.V Suez Canal carrying containers were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal berth # 5 & 7 respectively on Thursday. Meanwhile three more ships CCNI Arauco, Industrial Charger and Bunga Alamanda with Containers, Project Cargo and Palm oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim (PQ) during last 24 hours.
Berth occupancy was reported at the port at forty seven percent on Thursday where a total of seven ships namely, Maersk Semarng, Suez Canal, ER Tianping, Spectum-5, Baltic Winter, Chance and Harmony-1 were occupied PQA berth to load/offload Containers, Sand, Project Cargo, Soya Bean Seeds and Furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours.
A cargo volume of 135,173 tonnes, comprising 120,261 tonnes import cargo nd 14,912 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 4,661 containers (TUEs) 4,000 imports TUEs & 661 TUEs exports) was handled at the port during last 24 hours. Two ships, oil tanker Harmony-1 and General cargo carrier Baltic Winter sailed out to sea on Friday morning, while two more Container vessels Maersk Semarng, Suez Canal are expected to sail on same day.
A total of six ships, C.V CCNI Arauco, C.V Hugo Schulte, M.V Industrial Charger, M.V Fu Ming, M.T Argent Bloom and M.T Torm Valborg carrying Containers, Coal Project Cargo, Palm oil and Furnace oil are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-1, MW-2, LCT and FOTCO respectively on Friday, while a Container vessels Quardriga is due to arrive at PQ on same day and C.V Nicoline Maersk is due to arrive on Saturday and three more ships MSC Asya, Express Black Sea and Al-Soor-II are due to arrive on Sunday.
