KARACHI – Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the country’s first deep-watercontainer terminal, has set a new vessel handling record for Karachi,having handled 5,862 moves in just over 27 hours while servicing the8,652-TEU Hyundai Brave.
During the vessel’s stay, the terminal achieved a vessel operating rate(VOR) of 212.16 container moves per hour and a gross crane rate (GCR) of 35moves per hour.
Hutchison Ports Pakistan is the country’s most high-tech container port.
This expanding deep-water facility is the only terminal in Pakistan that iscapable of berthing the world’s largest vessels. The ultimate annualcapacity will be around 3.2 million TEUs when the facility is fullycompleted.
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The terminal operator also holds the current national vessel handlingrecord, achieving 2,683 moves in just over 13 hours on the 8,562-TEU vesselHyundai Courage/064E that berthed in September last year.
