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ACQUISITION OF NEW CRAFT

To facilitate the shipping, Port Qasim Authority acquired two tugs and two pilot boats at a collective cost of US$ 6 million. Earlier PQA also acquired three  three surveillance boats at a cost of Rs. 24 million.

To facilitate berthing of deeper draught  vessels PQA  also plans acquisition of an additional tug of 50-60 Bollard Pull to handle larger size vessels. Additionally PQA also plans replacement of age old craft in phased manner

 NIGHT NAVIGATION

Night navigation facilities are available at the Port.  Currently vessels of LOA 202 meters are being handled during night at request. PQA has also issued Notice to Mariners for round the year Night Navigation at the Port. PQA plans extension of the facility to larger sized vessels in phased manner.

 DREDGING

To keep the channel navigational safe for transit of vessels and to allow berthing of larger sized vessels PQA has to resort to extensive dredging each year. During the year 2005-06  following dredging quantities are planned at the Port.

          

              Approach Channel A-B Area      2.25 Million Cu. M

              Approach Channel B-C Area      0.50 Million Cu. M

              Inner Channel                         0.75 Million Cu. M

                            Total                        3.50  Million Cu. M

  AL-WATAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE

  Port Qasim Authority has reserved 300 acres of land on a prime location in Eastern Industrial Zone (EIZ) for allotment of plots to Overseas Pakistanis to induce and encourage foreign investment and provide them an opportunity to establish small size industries in Pakistan. Each plot is measuring 100 square yards at a very low cost  on attractive terms and conditions. Two balloting have so far been carried out for the applications received in first phase. However, Oversea Pakistanis have shown great interest after given a wide publicity and consequently a large number of applications were received for allotment of plots. In order to accommodate maximum number of Overseas Pakistanis the planning of 300 acres of land has been carried out through the expertise of City Government , Karachi who have indicated that around 1021 plots can be developed in the scheme. To ensure transparency, the ballot results have also been hosted on PQA web for information of the general public.