Port Qasim

Published January 11, 2013

KARACHI, Jan 11: Three ships scheduled to load rice, containers and unload diesel oil were berthed during the last during last 24 hours, a PQA press release said on Friday.

Saigon Express, Clementina, Beautiful Rena, Amira Nadia, Dogan Bey, Chem Route Sky and Al-Soor-II were currently occupying at berths to load/offload containers, cement, rice, wheat, palm oil and diesel oil.

A cargo volume of 67,440 tons comprising 44,808 tons of import and 22,632 tons of export was handled.

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