Meanwhile two more ships, Cornelia-1 and Silver Euplecta, carrying Containers and 23,310 tonnes Palm oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.
A total nine ships were engaged at PQA berths to load/offload Containers, Cement, Coal, Canola, General Cargo, LNG and palm oil. Out of them, four ships, Umm Bab, Normed, NCC Reem and Fotnity sailed out to sea on Monday morning and another ship Hanren is expected to sail on same day in the afternoon.
A cargo volume of 123,504 tonnes, comprising 98,140 tonnes imports cargo and 25,364 tonnes export cargo, inclusive of containerised cargo carried in 1,989 containers (TEUs), ( 728 TEUs imports and 1,261 TEUs exports) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.
Four ships Cornella-1, HTK Discovery, Silver Euplecta and Torm Estrid carrying Containers, 19,243 tonnes Steel coil, 23,310 tonnes palm oil and 47,070 tonnes Furnace oil are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-1, LCT and FOTCO respectively on Monday, While two container vessels APL New York and Maersk Pittsburgh are due to arrive at Port Qasim on Tuesday.