February 10 was landmark day at Fauji Akbar Marine Terminal FAP at Port Qasim when two vessels with a combined length of 350 meters were berthed simultaneously at its jetty. KT ALBATROSS was discharging oilseeds imported from Canada and TRANSOCEAN was loading wheat for export.
Terminal also broke its own single day unloading record by discharging 17,000 metric tons of oilseeds in 24 hours between February 11-12. FAP Terminal inaugurated on October 26, 2010, is Pakistan's first state of art automatic dry bulk cargo handling and storage facility.
Built on 9 hectares land reclaimed from sea, it features automatic unloaders with a combined capacity to discharge 1,600 metric tons of cargo per hour, deep-drafted berth, 120,000 metric tons of silos, warehouse storage and automatic bagging plants. FAP is joint venture between Fauji Foundation, Akbar Group & National Bank of Pakistan with Portia Management Services Ltd (part of Peel Ports Group, UK) as O&M.-PR