KARACHI: Three ships, C.V Maersk Detroit, CCMA CGM Amazon and Argent Cosmos carrying containers and palm oil were arranged berthing at Qasim International Container Terminal and Liquid Cargo Terminal respectively on Tuesday.
Meanwhile two more ships Container vessel Maersk Savannah and Gas carrier Gaschem Adriatic with 9,545 tonnes LPG also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim (PQ) during last 24 hours.
Berth occupancy was observed at the Port at 47% on Tuesday where a total of seven ships namely, C.V Maersk Detroit, CCMA CGM Amazon, Al-Safat, Fu Ming, Pacific Award, Argent Cosmos and Karachi were occupied PQA berth to load-offload Containers, Coal, Palm oil and Furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours. Cargo handling operation were carried out efficiently at the Port on Tuesday where a cargo volume of 143,601 tonnes, comprising 128,667 tonnes import cargo and 14,934 tonnes exports cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,620 Containers (TUEs) 2,834 imports TUEs and 786 TUEs exports) was handled during last 24 hours. C.V Maersk Detroit sailed out to sea on Wednesday morning, while M.T Karachi and M.V Pacific Award are expected to sail on same day.
Three ships, C.V Maersk Savannah, M.V Ji Xian Song and M.T Geschem Adriatic carrying Containers, Project Cargo and LPG are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-2 and EVTL respectively on Wednesday, March 22, while four more ships Priority, MSC Veronique, Berlin and Duhail with Containers, Soya Bean Seeds and LNG are due to arrive at PQ on Thursday, March 23, and C.V Hansa America and Teno are due to arrive on Friday, March 24, 2017.
