Port Qasim

Published June 19, 2008

KARACHI, Jun 18: Three ships carrying containers and palm oil arrived at the outer anchorage during the last 24 hours, said a PQA press release on Wednesday.

Seven ships, Maersk Danang, Mustafa Bey, Sinai, Santiago, AI-Soar-II, Burn Chin and Jin Yuan, were busy in loading and unloading containers, cement, diesel oil, chemicals and coke.

A cargo volume of 65,763 tons comprising 45,913 tons of import and 19,850 tons of export tonnage was handled.

AI-Saar-II and Maersk Danang sailed out while Sinai and Bum Chin were expected to depart on Wednesday.

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