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KGTL operates a container terminal on berths 6-10 on the East Wharf of Karachi Port under a 50-year concession. [18] KGTL paid $50 million to Karachi Port Trust on April 22 2024 as upfront payment. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Of this upfront payment $25 million are for concession fee and the remaining $25 million are advance payment for use of the ...
The Port of Sonmiani, in Las Bela District, currently consists of a fish harbour at the town of Damb, about 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Sonmiani as well as a coast guard jetty for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, a kilometre to the north of the fish harbour. In March 2007 the federal government announced a proposal to build a major new ...
Goods imported to Pakistan; Goods purchased in bond from one custom station to another; Goods brought from a foreign country to any customs station that are trans-shipped or transported without the payment of duty to another customs station.
From 2008 to 2009, new container ship prices dropped by 19–33%, while prices for 10-year-old container ships dropped by 47–69%. [64] In March 2010, the average price for a geared 500-TEU container ship was $10 million, while gearless ships of 6,500 and 12,000 TEU averaged prices of $74 million and $105 million respectively. [ 65 ]
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.
By the end of 2013, high-cube 40 ft containers represented almost 50% of the world's maritime container fleet, according to Drewry's Container Census report. [ 47 ] About 90% of the world's containers are either nominal 20-foot (6.1 m) or 40-foot (12.2 m) long, [ 6 ] [ 48 ] although the United States and Canada also use longer units of 45 ft ...
Security forces in Pakistan were seen pushing a protester off a 25ft-tall tower of shipping containers during a demonstration that saw nearly 1,000 people arrested.
In 1977, 14 ships were inducted in the Pakistan Shipping Corporation (PSC) during the Fifth Five-Year Plan. Two years later, NSC and PSC were merged to form the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) which still remains the sole state-owned shipping corporation.