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8,600 TEU vessel calls KICT

News4 May 2016

Karachi International Container Terminal has handled its biggest vessel yet, the 8,600 TEU Hyundai BRAVE....

KICT sets records

News30 Dec 2015

KICT has become the first terminal in Pakistan to handle 1M TEU in a year...

Rail PPPs to drive intermodal and trade in Pakistan

News15 Oct 2013

The Pakistan Government’s plans to use public private partnerships (PPPs) to raise investment and increase efficiency levels in the countr...

ICTSI pulls out of Syria

News2 Jan 2013

International Container Terminal Services has announced the pull-out of its business in the Syrian Arab Republic due to the civil war...

Mega project for Karachi

News1 Mar 2009

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) will launch its US$1B Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP) project next month (see WorldCargo News September ...

Pakistan to extend box scanning

News1 Sep 2008

Following its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% scr...

HPH inks Pakistan deal

News1 Nov 2007

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has signed an agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to build a new container terminal east of Keamari Groyne...

HPH wins Pakistan terminal bid

News1 Sep 2007

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) of Hong Kong has won the bid to develop and operate a four-berth container terminal near Pakistan’s Karachi ...

Karachi project moves on

News1 Feb 2007

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has issued a pre-qualification notice for the dredging, reclamation and marine protection work necessary to develop...

Pakistan plans to build fourth port

News1 Jan 2007

The Pakistan government will shortly announce plans to build a fourth port, in addition to Karachi, Port Qasim and Gwadar, to handle increas...

…and Gwadar port, too?

News1 Jul 2006

As also briefly mentioned in last month’s WorldCargo News (p7), the Pakistani government is likely to choose DP World to manage its new de...

Port Qasim new projects

News1 May 2006

Port Qasim Authority has invited expressions of interest in a second container terminal, on a BOT basis, as part of an Rs2B development plan...

India-Pakistan shipping pact

News1 Jan 2006

India and Pakistan will sign a new shipping protocol in New Delhi next month, which will allow shipping lines of the two countries to pick u...

..adds berth in Karachi

News1 Feb 2005

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is to add a third berth at its Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) at the West Wharf of the Port o...

Karachi terminal advances

News1 Jun 2002

Karachi-based Premier Maritime Services (PMS) is reported to be close to finalising an agremeent with investors from the ports of Hamburg an...

…Karachi in private

News1 Apr 2002

For the first time, Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has agreed to allow a Pakistani shipping line to set up a private container terminal. Subject t...

8,600 TEU vessel calls KICT

KICT sets records

Rail PPPs to drive intermodal and trade in Pakistan

ICTSI pulls out of Syria

Mega project for Karachi

Pakistan to extend box scanning

HPH inks Pakistan deal

HPH wins Pakistan terminal bid

Karachi project moves on

Pakistan plans to build fourth port

…and Gwadar port, too?

Port Qasim new projects

India-Pakistan shipping pact

..adds berth in Karachi

Karachi terminal advances

…Karachi in private

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Arvato introduces robots for automated unloading

ILWU Canada announces new strike

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards

Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

8,600 TEU vessel calls KICT

KICT sets records

Rail PPPs to drive intermodal and trade in Pakistan

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Arvato introduces robots for automated unloading

ILWU Canada announces new strike

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards

Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

Hydrogen-powered RTG starts operations at Oi Container Terminal

Genma in the wings

Low-profile STS cranes for Virginia