KARACHI: Five ships, MSC Heidi, Northern Magnum, Daranee Naree, Panorama and Contantinos scheduled to load/offload Containers, Cement, Soya bean seeds and Diesel oil were arranged berthing at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi-purpose Terminal, Grain & Fertilizer Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Tuesday. In the meantime gas carrier ‘Caspian Gas’ also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim at night hours.
Berth occupancy was managed at the port at 41% on Tuesday where a total of seven ships namely, MSC Heidi, Northern Magnum, Daranee Naree, Panorama, Golar Maria, Chemroute and Sun Contantinos are currently occupying berths to load/offload Containers, Cement, Soya been seeds, LNG, Palm oil and Diesel oil during last 24 hours. A cargo volume of 128,004 tonnes, comprising 97,658 tonnes import cargo and 30,346 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,865 Containers (TEUs), (2,570 TEUs imports and 1,295 TEUs exports) was handled at the port during last 24 hours.
Gas carrier ‘Golar Maria’ sailed out to sea on Wednesday morning, while Edible oil ship ‘Chemroute Sun’ and Container vessel ‘Northern Magnum’ are expected to sail on same day in the afternoon and night hours respectively.
Five ships, Marie Delmas, Lowland Amster, Secon-7, Rainbow Island and British Emerald carrying Containers, Coal, Palm oil and LNG are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-4, PQEPT, LCT and EETL respectively on Wednesday, 21st February. while oil tanker ‘Al-Soor-II’ is due to arrive at Port Qasim on same day, and two more container ships ‘Prosper’ and ‘APL Antwerp’ and a general cargo carrier Secon-8 are due to arrive on Thursday.
