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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.
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