Meanwhile, four more ships scheduled to offload bitumin, furnace oil, chemicals and edible oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.

Berth occupancy was maintained at 55 percent at the Port where total of six ships namely MSC Aurelie, Maersk Georgia, Topaz II, Siam Sapphire, Kasugta and STX Forte are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, wheat, chemicals and edible oil respectively during last 24 hours.

Cargo handling operation were carried out smoothly at the Port where a cargo volume of 38008 tonnes, comprising 27294 tonnes imports and 10714 tonnes exports inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 1505 containers (TEUs) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.

MSC Georgia and MSC Aurilie sailed out to sea on Monday morning while M.V. Siam Sapphire and STX Forte will sail later today.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011