KARACHI: Two ships, M.V Sea Meray and M.T Totono Bottiglieri scheduled to load 13,500 tonnes Rice and 32,500 tonnes Condensate took berths at Multi-purpose Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday. Meanwhile three more ships Teno, Du Juan Song and GH Storm Cat carrying Containers, General cargo and Coal also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours. A total of Nine ships namely, MSC Tomoko, Sea Meray, Totono Bottiglieri, African Macaw, Agri Princes, Christina-L, Thor Maximum, Macoma and Dreggen are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Rice, Condensate, Palm Kernel, Soya been seeds, Coal, LNG and Phosphoric Acid during last 24 hours. A cargo volume of 145,196 tonnes, comprising 92,096 tonnes import cargo and 53,100 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 2,396 Containers (TEUs), (336 TEUs imports and 2,396 TEUs exports) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.
Two ships, Chemicals carrier Dreggen and Bulk cargo carrier Christina-L sailed out to sea on Thursday morning, while two more ships, Gas carrier Macoma and Container vessel MSC Tomoko are expected to sail on same day in the afternoon. Four ships, Teno, Baltic Panther, GH Storm Cat and Caspian Gas scheduled to load/offload Containers, Rice, Coal and LPG are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-4, PIBT and SSGC respectively on Thursday, 15th March-2018. while four more ships, Songa Calabria, San Felix, Hugo Schulte and Industrial Century are due to arrive at Port Qasim on Friday.
