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Karachi Port Trust KPT ..

 

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Karachi Seaport

 

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Karachi Sea Port

Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is situated in the city of Karachi and has two different wharves East & West wharf and it has 3 oil pier berths 21 General Cargo berths and 2 Container Terminals on both wharves.

OIL PIER

From berth # OP-1 to OP-3 are oil pier berths and situated at East Wharf and the following detail of the berths are as follows.

Berth #.....LOA.....Draft

OP-1.....260 M.
.....11.88 M Oil Pier
OP- 2.... 260 M... 11.88 M Oil Pier
OP- 3..... 260 M ...11.88 M Oil Pier


CONVENTIONAL BERTHS

From berth # 1 to 5 and 10 to 17 are conventional berths and situated at East Wharf and B # 6 to 9 allotted to Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT).

The following are the details of the berths and permissible draft at East Wharf.

Berth #... LOA ... Draft

1............ 515 feet ...10.70 m
2............ 480 feet ....10.70 M
3.............550 feet ....10.70 M
4............ 480 feet ...10.50 M
5............ 670 feet... 10.50 M
10......... 480 feet ... 10.00 M
11........... 550 feet... 10.00 M
12.......... 484 feet ...10.00 M
13.......... 550 feet ...10.00 M
14.......... 480 feet... 10.00 M
15......... 485 feet ...10.00 M
16........ 550 feet ...10.00 M
17......... 500 feet ...10.00 M

Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT)

Berth #.....LOA......Draft

6....... 580 feet..... 12.00 M
7....... 390 feet.... 12.00 M
8....... 480 feet... 12.00 M
9....... 530 feet.. 12.00 M


From berth # 18 to 25 are conventional berths and situated in the city of Karachi at West Wharf and B # 26 to 30 allotted to Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT).

Conventional Berths
The following are the details of the berths and permissible draft at West Wharf.

Berth #..LOA.......Draft

18....... 470 feet... 8.50 M
19.......540 feet... 9.50 M
20....... 540 feet... 9.50 M
21....... 530 feet... 9.50 M
22....... 550 feet... ONLY BARGES
23.......500 feet... ONLY BARGES
24....... 550 feet... 10.00 M
25........ 550 feet... 10.00 M

KARACHI INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL KICT (WEST WHARF)

Berth #....LOA....Draft

26......... 480 feet.... 12.00
27......... 600 feet ...12.00
28......... 560 feet ...12.00
29..........700 feet ...12.00
30......... 600 feet ...12.00

 

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South Asia Terminals... Karachi Sea Port

 

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1943 Karachi Port..

 

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1903, Karachi port..

 

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Kemaree Pier near Karachi port 1866-68

 

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The Manora breakwater Karachi Sea Port in 1870





The Manora Breakwater and the River Son canal system' taken in the 1870s.

The Manora breakwater was an important feature of the Karachi Harbour Improvement works, it provided protection to the Karachi harbour and deepened the entrance.

They were planned in 1858 by James Walker, Civil Engineer and built between 1869 and 1873.

Originally Karachi was a group of small villages made up of a cluster of fishermen’s huts. Due to it's location at the western end of the Indus delta the town has always been an important gateway for trade into central Asia.

Karachi harbour developments were carried out through the mid 19th century due to an increase in the number of ships from international ports carrying goods to and from the sub continent. With the development of its harbour it grew into an important centre of trade and industry.

 

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Gwadar Port .

 

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'Safina-e-Hujjaj' at Karachi Harbor in 1964.

 

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LPG vessel GAS ARMA ETA, weighted 1.6K tones, at Gwadar Port.

 

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1900's Karachi Port..

 

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Karachi Harbor. Lt. A.M. Grieve I.N. (Surveyor), 1854. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, USA.

 

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1952, Karachi port..