KARACHI: Seven ships, MSC Candice, MSC Mars, New Ark, Riva Wind, Madrid Trader, Lusail and Wawasan Jade scheduled to load\offload Containers, Wheat, project cargo, LNG and Chemicals were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Grain & Fertilizer Terminal, Multi-purpose Terminal, Engro Elengy Terminal and Engro Vopak Terminal respectively on Monday.
Meanwhile seven more ships carrying, Containers, steel coil, Bitumen, Coal, Palm oil and Diesel oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours. A total of ten ships namely, New Ark, MSC Candice, MSC Mars, Riva Wind Soho Trader, Madrid Trader, SBI Antares, Nicolas-III, Lusail and Wawasan Jade are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Wheat, Talc Powder, project Cargo, Coal, LNG and Chemicals during last 24 hours. Cargo throughput during last 24 hours stood at 125,568 tonnes, comprising 93,629 tonnes import cargo and 31,939 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 2,703 Containers (TEUs) (1,822 TEUs imports and 1,681 TEUs exports) was handled at the port.
Chemicals carrier Wawasan Jade sailed out to sea on Tuesday morning, while three more shops New Ark, MSC Candice and MSC Mars are expected to sail on same day.
Four ships, maersk Euphrates, MSC Algeciras, Bunga Alamanda Dita carrying Containers, palm oil and Chemicals are expected to take berths at QICI, LCT and EVTL respectively on Tuesday, while another ship CMA CGM Nerval is due to arrive at Port Qasim on Wednesday.
