Recent News Development of PDWCP at Karachi Port will boost the volume of trade
Inaugurated in April 2009, the new PDWCP will enable KPT to handle ships of 100,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) having 16 metres of draft, which is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the ship. With 30 berths and three oil piers in total, KPT is currently capable of handling freighters of up to 80,000 gross register tonnage (GRT), which represents the total internal volume of a vessel, with the maximum draft of 12.5 metres. “The development of PDWCP will further boost the volume of trade through Asian Highway Network and Trans-Asian Railway Network,” Hayat said, while referring to international road and railway routes that will likely be put to more efficient use once PDWCP becomes operational. According to Hayat, upon completion of four berths (phase-I) at PDWCP, the container handling capacity is expected to reach 3.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per annum. KPT handled 1.545 million TEUs in 2010-11.     (1 day ago, by arnekiel )