Port Qasim Location Country Location , : PKBQM Details Opened September 1980 Owned by and Type of harbor Artificial Land area 12,200 Available berths 15 Employees 2,000 1,576 Staff and 279 Officers Chairman Statistics Vessel arrivals 1,238 2008-09 Annual cargo tonnage 16 | Aerial picture of Port Qasim, with surrounding Mangrove forests |
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In 1972 eight species of mangrove trees were recorded from Pakistan, however, only four continue to thrive | 2 billion TBC Infrastructure Development works in Eastern Industrial Zone Rs |
Location of the Port Qasim makes it very well connected to the transportation infrastructure of the country.
22Land allocation for port and industrial zones [ ] The total area of the port comprises 3,520 acres 14 | , The official site of |
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27 December 2010 at the Pakistan - Oil spill in the Port of Karachi, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs• At that time, it was feared that this incident will harm the coastal life in the Port Qasim area, however no major impact was observed near the Phitti Creek waterway entrance to Port Qasim | Reprinted in James Brundage, The Crusades: A Documentary History, Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press 1962• Runciman, Steven, A history of the Crusades 3 |
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