KARACHI, :Shipping activity remained active at the Port where four ships, MSC Silvana, MSC Al-Gheciras, Unique Harmony and Omera Queen carrying Containers, Crude soya bean and Furnace oil were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Monday. Meanwhile two more ships, New Ark and Bravo-5 with Containers and Coal also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim on Tuesday morning. A total of eight ships namely, MSC Silvana, MSC Al-Gheciras, CMA CGM Indus, Melinda, MG Hammond, Johanna Oldendroff, Unique Harmony and Omera Queen are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Steel coil, Soya bean seeds, Coal, Palm oil and Furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours. A cargo volume of 160,586 tonnes, comprising 138,337 tonnes import cargo and 22,249 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 4,847 Containers (TEUs), ( 3,676 TEUs imports and 1,171 TEUs exports) was handled at the port during last 24hours. Two ships, CMA CGM Indus and Melinda sailed out to sea on Tuesday morning, while two more ships, MSC Silvana and MSC Al-Gheciras are expected to sail on same day in the afternoon. A total of seven ships, New Ark, MSC Asya, Maersk Columbus, Bravo-5, Illaco Bright, Maritime Satoshio and Al-Ajnan scheduled to load/offload Containers, Wheat, Coal and LNG are expected to take berths at QICT, PIBT, MW-1, MW-4 and EETL respectively on Tuesday.
Shipping activity at Port Qasim on February 11
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