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| October 4, 2002 | Friday | Rajab 26, 1423 |
Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, Oct 3: Four ships including Umberto Damato carrying 51,100 tons of rapeseed are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Friday.
Berthing activity at the wharves was active where six ships were berthed. They are: Ocean Genius, Chitral, Kota Wirawan, MSC Rosa-M, Kota Tegap, which will unload and load containers and Sacura, to unload fertilizer.
Sailing was also active as seven ships, MSC Lucy, APL Costa Rica, Favorita, Darya Dhayah, Sorena, Indradi and Progresso, departed, while Iran Meead, Kota Wirawan, Felicity-1, Khairpur, Dagmar, MOL Sincerity and Chitral are due to sail out on Friday.
According to berth occupancy figures released by the KPT, it fell to 33 per cent on the bulk oil piers but was maintained on the higher side at 60 per cent on the dry wharves. Cargo handling activity at the wharves was maintained on the higher side thanks to larger handling of liquid cargo. The total rose to 93,724 tons comprising 16,929 tons of export cargo and 76,795 tons of import tonnage.
The following ships are due on Friday: Johar, with crude oil, Warbah, with high speed diesel, Sima Kija, with containers and Umberto Damato, with rapeseed.
KARACHI, Oct 3: Two ships scheduled to load and offload containers and edible oil were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal and Marginal Wharf during the last 24 hours, says a PQA press release on Thursday.
Seven ships were at the wharves loading/offloading wheat, containers, chemicals, iron ore and edible oil.
A cargo volume of 40,362 tons comprising 28,907 tons of import and 11,455 tons of export tonnage, inclusive of cargo carried in 840 containers (Teus), was handled.
Encounter and Oman were expected to sail out on Thursday.
Following ships were at the outer anchorage:
Vessel Commodity Agent
GTS Sunrise Wheat Alpine Marine
Inec-B Wheat Sea Trade
Alfa Future Coal Transport Service
Orange Con. Wheat Al Pine Maritime
Prudhoe Wheat IFA
Francisca Schulte was due to take berth.
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