{"id":90442,"date":"2022-12-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=90442"},"modified":"2022-12-05T10:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T05:54:50","slug":"pqa-cabinet-approval-deepening-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pqa-cabinet-approval-deepening-draft.html","title":{"rendered":"PQA seeks cabinet approval for deepening draft, widening navigational channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Sued Hasan Nasir Shah stated that the authority has plans grand development plan for widening the navigational channel and deepening the port\u2019s draft, according to news published on December 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-committee-port-qasim-freight-terminal-tors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt forms committee to finalize Port Qasim freight terminal ToRs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the chairman mentioned that improving the channel\u2019s draft will allow deep draft vessels to visit Port Qasim. This will result in savings in foreign exchange on account of freight. The chairman, speaking on the launch of Maesrk\u2019s flagship \u2018Integrated Logistics Park\u2019 in the PQA\u2019s North Western Industrial Zone, stated that the proposed plan will deepen the draft by 1.5 metres to around 15 metres and widen the navigational channel to 250 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news source revealed that the PQA Chairman Shah has requested the federal cabinet to approve the plan. Once the work on the project will be started, it is expected to be completed within 18 months. The chairman disclosed that currently, only ships with 13 metres draft can enter. The stakeholders want to deepen the draft so larger ships can be called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dedicated-railway-line-to-transport-thar-coal-to-port-qasim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dedicated railway line to transport Thar coal to Port Qasim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the authority mentioned that stakeholders complained to go deeper, but back then, the authority didn\u2019t have financial stability. The chairman highlighted that the authority can, now, arrange finances and has asked the partners to bring investment financing for the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Sued Hasan Nasir Shah stated that the authority has plans grand development plan for widening the navigational channel and deepening the port\u2019s draft, according to news published on December 1. Read: Govt forms committee to finalize Port Qasim freight terminal ToRs As per the details, the chairman mentioned that improving the channel\u2019s draft will allow deep draft vessels to visit Port Qasim. This will result in savings in foreign exchange on account of freight. The chairman, speaking on the launch of Maesrk\u2019s flagship \u2018Integrated Logistics Park\u2019 in the PQA\u2019s North Western Industrial Zone, stated that the proposed plan will deepen the draft by 1.5 metres to around 15 metres and widen the navigational channel to 250 metres. The news source revealed that the PQA Chairman Shah has requested the federal cabinet to approve the plan. Once the work on the project will be started, it is expected to be completed within 18 months. The chairman disclosed that currently, only ships with 13 metres draft can enter. The stakeholders want to deepen the draft so larger ships can be called. Read: Dedicated railway line to transport Thar coal to Port Qasim Moreover,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":90455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[55185,55181],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-port-qasim-authority-pqa","9":"tag-pqa-seeks-cabinet-approval-for-deepening-draft-widening-navigational-channel","10":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PQA seeks cabinet approval for deepening draft- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Sued Hasan Nasir Shah stated that the authority has plans grand development plan...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pqa-cabinet-approval-deepening-draft.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PQA seeks cabinet approval for deepening draft- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Chairman Rear Admiral (retired) Sued Hasan Nasir Shah stated that the authority has plans grand development plan...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pqa-cabinet-approval-deepening-draft.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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