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The
present facilities at this Port have been established
both by the public and private sector. These are:
THE IRON ORE & COAL BERTH
The
Iron Ore and Coal berth commissioned in 1980 is a
specialized berth for handling Iron Ore, Coal &
Manganese for Pakistan Steel Mills. The berth 279 meters
in length is equipped
 with two grab unloaders with a
handling capacity of 700 tonnes per hour each. Currently
vessels of 55,000 tonnes payload are being handled here.
The berth is connected to the Pakistan Steel Stockyard
through a 4.5-kilometer long conveyer.
The
design capacity of the berth stands as 3.36 million tons
per annum. Since the start of port operations in 1980 a
cargo volume of 48.5 million tonnes carried in 1124
ships has been handled here.
MULTI PURPOSE TERMINAL
The multipurpose Terminal
presently comprises four multi-purpose berths in
a linear length of 800 meters each divided into 200
meters length. Berth no 1 has a design capacity of
around 2.5 million tonnes per annum. Vessels over 25000
DWT carrying edible oil, chemicals and molasses are
being handled at this berth.
Berths (2 to 4),
with design capacity of 5 to 6
million tonnes, are capable to accommodate vessels
drawing more than 35000 DWT. All bulk, break bulk and
general cargo is handled at these berths. Two transit
sheds each measuring 10,000 sq. meters are also located
at berths 2 and 4. Berths(2-4) has a vast back up area
measuring 400 x 600 meters area.
The entire range of cargo handling from opening
of hatch of the ship to delivery of the consignment for
imports and vice versa is carried out by Cargo Handling
Companies (CHC) from the private sector, under one
window operation.
FOTCO OIL TERMINAL.
The
Oil terminal is a state of the art environmental
friendly marine oil terminal. It was the first terminal
to be developed by the private sector on BOO basis at a
cost of US $ 87 million. The terminal is operational
since April 1995. It is capable of handling 9 million tonnes of furnace oil per annum with a growth potential
to handle more than 27 million tonnes with three
additional berths. The facility mainly
comprises a jetty
capable of handling upto 75000 DWT vessels, product
pipelines, loading arms and a 4 km long trestle that
connects the jetty with the shore. The terminal has the
capability to berth tankers with 63,000 tons ship-load.
Till September 30 , over 29 million tonnes of furnace
oil has been
handled here. It also commenced handling white oil from
January 2001 through a separate 30 inch diameter
pipeline. Additionally, British Petroleum crude has also
been handled here. 77 acres of land has been earmarked
here for POL Storage Tank Farm.
The
terminal is designed to cater for four additional berths
and four product pipelines to meet the current and
future petroleum handling requirements of the country.
QASIM
INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL
Out
of the seven multipurpose berths 5,6 &7 have been
converted into a 2 berths Qasim International Container
Terminal. QICT is Pakistan’s first dedicated
international container terminal established by the
private sector on BOO basis. The terminal was
constructed at a capital cost of US $35 million. It is
operational since August 1997
and encompasses a total
area of 240,000 sq. meters. It has a design capacity of
0.36 millions TEUs / annum and is capable of handling
vessels up to 272 meters in length. The quay wall is 600
meters long and the 11 meters draught is sufficient to
allow ships up to 45,000 DWT to dock alongside. It is
equipped with rail mounted ship to shore gantry cranes
and back up infrastructure. The entire operation at this
terminal is managed by a computer system by “Navis”
incorporating a radio link between the yard vehicles and
the planning centre.
ENGRO VOPAK CHEMICAL TERMINAL
An
integrated bulk liquid chemical import /export and
storage terminal operational was constructed as a joint
venture of Engro Chemical of Pakistan Limited and Royal
Vopak of the Netherlands on BOT basis in 1998. It has a
design capacity
of 4 million tonnes per
 annum. The
jetty located in the middle of the Port Qasim
channel is designed to handle ships up to 75000 DWT and
is linked to a 2 acre tank farm via a 1.1 km long
trestle. Offloading of liquid chemical products is
carried out through dedicated marine loading arms or
hoses and is transferred via pipelines from the jetty to
storage on the mainland. Currently there are 19 storage
tanks for storage of various chemicals.
RAILWAY YARD
A
railway station connects
the port with the national Railway network with
capability of loading 4 train loads at a time is located
behind the back-up area of the Multi-Purpose berths.
In
addition a service jetty, floating crafts, transit
sheds, Cargo Handling Equipment, Buoys, Transit Lights,
Beacons and a light house.
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