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Navigation Channel and Channel Aids
| PQA CRAFT |
No
|
| Tugs a. ASD Tugs (60 tons BP) b. Ocean-going tugs (35-40 tons BP) c. Lighterage Tug |
2 3 1 |
| Buoy Tender |
1
|
| Pilot Boats |
4
|
| VIP Launch |
1
|
| Surveillance Boats |
3
|
| Survey Launches |
2
|
| Work Boat |
1
|
| Mooring launches |
2
|
| Total |
20
|
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
| Desc |
No | Capacity |
| Cranes |
2
|
32 tons |
| Cranes |
4
|
24 tons |
| Cranes |
2
|
8 tons |
| Forklift Truck |
28
|
|
| Tractors/Towing units |
10
|
|
| Trailers |
28
|
|
| Equipment with CHC | ||
| Vigan Plants |
2
|
100 tons/hour |
| Evacuators |
46
|
30 tons/hour |
| Evacuators |
16
|
20 tons/hour |
| Hopper Machines |
30
|
|
CONTAINER HANDLING EQUIPMENT
| Name of Equipment | No.s | Capacity |
| Quay cranes |
5
|
40 tons |
| Quay cranes |
2
|
35 tons |
| Rubber Tyred Gantries |
16
|
40 tons |
| Reach Stackers |
6
|
45 tons |
| Empty Handlers |
3
|
7 tons |
| Terminal Tractors (Owned) |
16
|
7GAWR Front 16 T/Rear 72 T |
| Terminal Tractors ( Hired) |
30
|
|
| Trailers |
(Hired)
|
Heavy duty cargo master semi |
| trailers-RTS |
Conservancy
| No.s | |
| Light House |
1
|
| Leading Lights |
6
|
| Shore Beacons |
7
|
| Fairway Buoy |
1
|
| Channel markers |
2
|
Phitti creek was considered as the best location for development of Port Qasim since a minimum depth of 20 ft. was available at its entrance with a deep water channel and sheltered harbour inside the creek.
With the discovery of this channel, the Government decided to establish a deep-water industrial port and construct the Steel Mill, adjacent the Port
