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Brisk shipping activity recorded at Port Qasim

KARACHI: Brisk shipping was recorded at the Port where seven ships, MOL Globe, Ikan Salmon, Ocean Enterprise, Flag Zannis, Khor Gas, Gao Cheng-3 and Jo Pinari carrying containers, 98,014 tonnes Coal, 19,718 tonnes Canola Seeds, 1,487 tonnes LPG, 17,500 tonnes Palm oil and 27,000 tonnes Diesel oil/MoGas were arranged berthing at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal, Pakistan International Bulk Terminal, Grain  & Fertilizer Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal  and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, five more ships, Teno, IVS Swinley, Yu Fu, lowland Future and LNG Simaisma with Containers, Coal, Palm oil and LNG also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours. A total of ten ships, MOL Globe, MSC Asya, Maersk Atlanta, Flag Zannis, Khor Gas, Ikan Salmon, Ocean Enterprise, Gao Cheng-3, NCC Najem and Jo Pinari are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Canola Seeds, LPG, Coal, Palm oil and Diesel oil respectively.
Cargo throughput during last 24 hours stood at 129,135 tonnes, comprising 70,900 tonnes import cargo and 58,235 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,573 Containers (TEUs), (508 TEUs Imports and 3,065 TEUs exports) was handled at the Port. Two ships, Container Vessel Maersk Atlanta and Gas carrier Khor Gas sailed out to sea on Thursday morning, while three more ships MSC Asya, NCC Najeem and Jo Pinari are expected to sail on the same day in the afternoon.
Four ships, Teno, Gulf Bridge, LNG Simaisma and IVS Swinley Forest carrying Containers, LNG, and Coal are expected to take berths at QICT, EEVTL, and PIBT respectively on Thursday, while two more ships, Songa Calabria and Safmarine Nyassa carrying Containers are due to arrive at PQ on Friday.

A piece published earlier:  PM has inaugurated the unit one of the 1,320MW coal-fired power plant yesterday (on Wednesday 29th of November) here at Port Qasim. It is pertinent to mention here that this is one of the biggest two projects under CPEC. PM, while speaking on the occasion, termed completion of the $2.8b project in 30 months a great achievement on the part of Port Qasim Electric Power Company Ltd and Private Power and Infrastructure Board.   Reiterating that the plant symbolized Sino-Pak friendship the PM acknowledged the financial support of Al-Mirqab Capital Chairman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani. (Published on 30th November 2017) 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.