Shipping activity at Port Qasim

KARACHI, Jan 26 (APP):Three ships Hermain-S, Horizon and
Golar Kelvin carrying 30,974 tonnes Steel Coil, 30,062 tonnes
Palm Oil and 144,000 m3 LNG were allotted berths at Multi Purpose
Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal and Pakistan Gasport Consortium
respectively during last 24 hours, said a report issued by Port
Qasim Authority (PQA) here on Friday.
Meanwhile two more ships, Hansa America and San Francisca
with Container also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim
during last 24 hours.
Berth occupancy remained modest at the port at 26% on
Thursday where a total of six ships namely, APL Charleston, CMA
CGM Nerval, Umm Addalkh, Hermain-S, Bulk Electra Horizon and
Golar Kelvin are currently occupying berths to load/offload
Containers, Soya Bean, LNG and Palm Oil.
A cargo volume of 72,272 tonnes of import cargo was handled
at the port.
Bulk cargo carrier ‘Bulk Electra’ sailed out to sea Friday
morning.
Four ships, Hansa America, Prosper, San Francisca and
Navios Coral carrying Containers and Soya Bean are expected to
take berths at QICT and FAP on Friday.
While M.V Santy is due to arrive at PQ on same day and four
more ships, Virgo, APL Hwali, Seoul Tower and E-Tracer with Containers
and Coal are due to arrive on Saturday, and oil tanker Lion-M and
Bulk cargo carrier Great-61 carrying Furnace oil and Coal are due to
arrive on Sunday.