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| November 29, 2002 | Friday | Ramazan 23, 1423 |
Karachi Port operations
KARACHI, Nov 28: Eight ships including a car carrier, Mezbourne Highway carrying 538 units are due to arrive at the outer anchorage on Friday, according to KPT sources.
Berthing activity at the wharves was active where five ships to unload and load containers, offload rock phosphate, crude oil and chemicals were berthed.
The ships, which were berthed included Ocean Starlight and Sima Bahar to unload and load containers, Discoverer to offload phosphate, Johar to unload crude oil and Ievoli Shine, to unload chemicals.
The ships, which departed were led by Mar Challenger, APL Pusan, Kota Intan, Ocean Starlight and Siamtima-P, while Indah, Kota Teraju, Sima Bahar, Johar and Cape-B are due to sail out on Friday.
The berth occupancy at the dry wharves fell t0 56 per cent, while it rose to 67 per cent on the oil piers.
A total tonnage of 81,607 tons comprising 15,390 tons of export cargo including 2,790 tons of chrome ore and 66,217 tons of import tonnage was handled.
The following ships are due on Friday: Al-Manakh, Kota Berani, PONL Malandi and Wan Hai-303, with containers, Madri and Malakand, with general cargo and Mezbourne Highway, and Maple Galaxy, with 3,800 tons of palm oil.
KARACHI, Nov 28: Four vessels scheduled to load/offload containers, furnace oil and chemicals were accommodated berths at QICT, Fotco Oil Terminal and Engro Vopak Terminal during the last 24 hours, says a PQA press release on Thursday.
Meanwhile, another ship carrying chemicals also arrived at the outer anchorage.
Nine ships, Maria, Imperial-E, Norasia Engiadina, Msc Oman, Yasa Aysen, Jain She-31, Abdoun Discovery, Golden Oceania and Sun were at berths busy in loading/discharging wheat, containers and coal, edible oil, furnace oil, chemicals and iron ore respectively. A cargo volume of 72,513 tons comprising 47,340 tons of import cargo and 25,173 tons of export cargo, inclusive of cargo carried in 1,658 containers (Teus), was handled.
Sailing activity was also active as four ships, P&O Nedlloyed Damietta, Jain She-31, Yasa Aysen and Golden Oceania sailed out, while Msc Oman was due to leave the port on Thursday.
Three ships, Atlantic Cavalier, Ievoli Shine and Francisca Schulte were expected to take berths at Multipurpose Terminal and Qasim International Containers Terminal respectively.
Entalina carrying edible oils is due to arrive on Friday.
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