General Description
Location: Muhammad Bin Qasim is located approx 32nm SE of Karachi on the SE coast of Pakistan.
General overview: Muhammad Bin Qasim is the second largest port of Pakistan after Karachi. It handles a wide range of general cargoes with a single berth exclusively for bulk iron ore. Exports are rice, coke, clinker and steel products. Imports are iron ore, coal, fertiliser, furnace oil, edible oils, seeds and wheat.
● Marginal Wharf ( 1 & 2 )
Marginal wharf comprises two multi-purpose berths in a linear length of 400 meters each divided into 200 meters length. With design capacity of 4 -7 m. tonnes per annum, the terminal can accommodate 225 m/33 m/10 m vessels. All bulk, break bulk and general cargo is handled at these berths. Cargo handling at Marginal wharf is carried out by Cargo Handling Companies (CHC) in private sector, under one window operation.
● Qasim International Container Terminal
Qasim International Container Terminal QICT has been developed through conversion of three existing multipurpose berths with a quay length of 600 meters into two berths container terminal at a cost of US$ 100 million on BOT basis. The terminal encompasses a total area of 240,000 sq. meters. The Terminal with design capacity of 0. 6 million TEUs / annum is capable of handling vessels up to 305 meters length.
● IRON ORE & COAL BERTH (IOCB)
Commissioned in 1980, IOCB is a specialized berth for handling of raw material imports of 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 DWT are handled here. The berth is connected to the Pakistan Steel stockyard through a 4.5 kilometer long conveyor. The design capacity of the berth stands as 3.03 million tons per annum.
● FOTCO Oil Terminal
FOTCO is a state-of-the-art environmental friendly marine oil terminal developed in private sector on BOO basis at a cost of US $ 97 million and is operational since April 1995. The Terminal with design capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum. FOTCO has a quay length of 280 m including two breasting and four mooring dolphins, 4 km Trestle with 3 pipeline 900m -600m dia. Three marine loading Arms having flow rate 1000 tonnes p/hour each.
● EVTL - Engro VoPak Liquid Chemicals Terminals
The Terminal and storage farm has been developed to cater for chemical imports, by Engro Pakistan in collaboration with Vopak of Netherlands on BOT basis at a cost of US$ 76 million. Operational since January 1998, the Terminal can accommodate 75000 DWT class vessels with ultimate design capacity of 4 million tones per annum. The quay length comprises 325 m with 1.1 km Trestle, 1 crane, 5 combined loader/un-loader , 3 hose connection 6 silos, storage farm 41,000 cub. m extendable.
● 2nd Container Terminal - QICT
Implementation Agreement was signed on 17th August 2006 with QICT for establishment of 2nd container terminal on BOT basis, having capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum at a estimated cost of US $ 211 millions. The terminal is designed to accommodate 6,000 TEUs container vessels. The commercial operation of the project has been started in January 2011. The quay length of the terminal is 715 m, with 8 quay cranes and 24 rubbers tyre Ggantries (RTGs) available.
● LCT-Liquid Cargo Terminal
The terminal with design capacity of 4 million tonnes per annum has been developed in private sector on BOT basis at a cost of US$ 15 million to cater for edible oil imports. The terminal with 230 m of quay length handles edible oils with annual capacity of 2,000,000 tons.
● FAP Grain & Fertilizer Terminal
A specialized Grain & Fertilizer Terminal developed by M/s Fauji Akbar Portia with handling capacity of over 4 million tonnes per annum. This terminal was created by reclaiming 22 acres of water and has a 300 meter long jetty.
Traffic figures: Approx 16,000,000t of cargo handled annually.
Traffic figures FY21: 1709 vessels, 41.29 million tons & 1.26 million TEUs.
Load line zone: Arabian Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Sep 1 to May 31, Summer Jun 1 to Aug 31.
Max size:
Berth Draught (CD)(m) LOA(m) Beam(m)
FOTCO Oil Terminal 11.0 245 41
IOCB 11.0 230 40
EVTL-13 9.5 225 33
MW-1 9.0 185 30
MW-2 10.0 185 30
MW-3 10.0 225 33
MW-4 10.5 225 33
MW-5/7 (QICT) 12.0 295 33
PRO GAS 6.0 163 20