Five ships, Express Athens, UACC Muharraq, Pacific Lagoon, White purl and Umm Alamad carrying Containers, Palm oil, Furnace oil, LPG and LNG were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal, FOTCO Oil Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and Engro Elengy Terminal respectively on Thursday.
Meanwhile another ship, CMA CGM Blue Whale with containers also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.
A total of eleven ships namely, Express Athens, MSC Samantha, Trans Ocean, Islander, African Puffin, Tai Honesty, Crimson Empress, White Purl, Umm Alamad, UACC Muharraq and Pacific lagoon are currently occupying PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Cement Coal, Soya Bean seeds, LPG, LNG, Palm oil and Furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours.
A cargo volume of 105,609 tonnes, comprising 72,197 tonnes import cargo and 33,412 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 2,383 Containers (TEUs), (1,079 TEUs imports and 1,304 TEUs exports) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.
Two ships, MSC Samantha and Crimson Empress sailed out to sea on Friday morning, while two more ships African Puffin and Express Athens are expected to sail on same day in the afternoon. Five ships, CMA CGM Whale, CMA CGM Estelle, Virgo, Zhen Bang and Santa Rita carrying Containers, Canola seeds and Coal are expected to take berths at QICT, FAP and PEPT respectively on Friday, while three more ships, Safmarine Ngami, Iblea and Areti are due to arrive at Port Qasim on Saturday,May and Prosper and Ikan Salmon are due to arrive on Sunday.