Meanwhile, LNG carrier Argon also arrived at outer anchorage of the Port Qasim on Thursday.

A total of nine ships berthed at PQA to load/offload Containers, Rice, Coal, Palm oil and Mogas respectively.

Out of them three ships named Maersk Hartford, MOL Globe and SBI Tethys sailed out to sea on Thursday morning and Container vessel ER Tokyo is expected to sail on the same day in the afternoon.

A cargo volume of 109,509 tonnes comprising 61,740 tonnes imports cargo and 47,830 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,015 Containers (TEUs) (845 TEUs imports and 2,170 TEUs exports) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.

Six ships named MOL Courage, Bentonville, Cedvet-A, SSI Triumph, Big Apple and Al-Ajnan carrying Containers, Palm oil, Coal, Phosphoric Acid and LNG are expected to take berths at QICT, LCT, PIBT, EVTL and EETL respectively, on Thursday.

While Container vessel Maersk Salina is due to arrive at Port Qasim on Friday.