Largest-Ever Cargo Ship in Pakistan’s History to Dock at Karachi Port
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
The largest cargo ship in Pakistan’s shipping history is set to arrive at Karachi Port on Sunday afternoon.
The MSC MICOL, a 400-meter-long container vessel, will dock at the South Asia Pakistan Terminal (SAPT) at 2:30 PM. With a capacity of 24,070 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), it is the biggest ship ever to berth at a Pakistani port.
Built in 2023 and currently sailing under the flag of Liberia, the MSC MICOL (IMO 9931290, MMSI 636023098) represents a significant milestone for Pakistan’s maritime sector.
Officials hope that the ship’s arrival will help boost global trade connectivity and highlight Pakistan’s growing capacity to handle mega vessels.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
