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Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) was established in 2002 on build–operate–transfer basis. [2] It was a joint venture between Premier Mercantile Services and Hamburg Port. [1] The total cost of the project was estimated at $75 million out of which $9.25 million was funded by the International Finance Corporation in form of loans.
Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) started operating a container terminal in 1998 [12] at Karachi Port. KICT operates across a quay length of 600 meters at berths 28-30 on the West Wharf of Karachi Port. KICT has a handling capacity of 300,000 TEUs per annum and can berth container vessels with up to 11 meters draught. The total ...
The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted. [1]
Tracking packages with stationary bar code reader in a warehouse sorting operation. Package tracking or package logging is the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post at different points of time during sorting, warehousing, and package delivery to verify their provenance and to predict and aid delivery.
A container port, container terminal, or intermodal terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks , in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container port .
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ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [1]
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