Karachi: Karachi Port Trust has reduced port fees by 20% as a means of attracting more customers. The port will now charge $2.34 per teu and $0.14 for every non-containerised ton.
Karachi finds itself in an increasingly competitive ports landscape. It has recently dredged its berths to 16m and is trying to attract post panamax ship cals
Pakistan currently has three major ports, Karachi, Gwadar and Port Qasim, each under a different regulating authorities and reporting to the Ministry of Ports of Shipping. Together they handled 2.1m teu in 2009. [13/12/10]
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