KPT to become world’s first port having 18 meters draft by 2013
Karachi Port will become the first port of the world to have a draft of 18 meters allowing cargo ships of over 100,000DWT to berth here by the year 2013.
In this regard, work on deep water container terminal at China Waters starts next month and will be completed in four years at a total cost of Rs19 billion.
This was disclosed by Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri while speaking at his first press conference.
Federal Secretary Ports and Shipping Mohammed Saleem Khan, Chairperson KPT Nasreen Haq besides Chairmen of Port Qasim and Port Gwadar, PNSC, DG Ports and Shipping and other senior officers were also present on the occasion. The minister pointed out that at present the draft at the port is 14.5 meters while many world ports have draft of 16-17 meteres. He said Deep Water Container Terminal will have a draft of 16 meteres in the first phase and further deepened to 18 meters in the second phase.
In this regard, work on deep water container terminal at China Waters starts next month and will be completed in four years at a total cost of Rs19 billion.
This was disclosed by Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri while speaking at his first press conference.
Federal Secretary Ports and Shipping Mohammed Saleem Khan, Chairperson KPT Nasreen Haq besides Chairmen of Port Qasim and Port Gwadar, PNSC, DG Ports and Shipping and other senior officers were also present on the occasion. The minister pointed out that at present the draft at the port is 14.5 meters while many world ports have draft of 16-17 meteres. He said Deep Water Container Terminal will have a draft of 16 meteres in the first phase and further deepened to 18 meters in the second phase.
posted by temporal at 2/02/2009
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