Tag: Pakistan

The Pakistan Single Window Company joined TradeLens to digitize import-export documentation of containerized cargo.

Pakistan decided to update its guidelines as far as COVID-19 travel restrictions are concerned.

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform issued its quarterly publication to inform about the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

The Skud P&I Club has recently seen an increase in shortage liquid claims in Pakistan, notably at Port Qasim. This is a long running problem at this port and suits are filed based on shore measurements which are nearly always less than the ullages on arrival. 

According to local media, an unknown poisonous gas leaked from a container at port Karachi in Pakistan, killing at least five people, while about 70 others fainted. Pakistan's Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi commented the cause of the gas leak is not known yet, adding that a high-level team has been formed to investigate the matter.

Gwadar port in Pakistan has started handling cargo bound for Afghanistan. This is considered as a positive development for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, however experts believe that the economic sustainability of the port is far from certain.

The Standard Club Association, recently announced that the Port of Karachi in Pakistan joined the increased list of ports which have forced a ban against open-loop scrubbers. Specifically, Port of Karachi will from now on prohibit the discharge of wash-water coming from open-loop scrubbers. 

The ship breaking activity in developing countries, such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, has been subject to criticism because of the negative impacts the industry has on the environment and workers. Now, a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai found that there has been little improvements in the shipbreaking yards with regards to working conditions. It also presents several breaches of the national legal framework.

The Pakistani Minister for Maritime Affairs, Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, announced that the shipping companies that will register their vessels in Pakistan by 2030, will be excluded from the taxes, as this policy aims to boost the Pakistani shipping sector. 

Oil majors such as Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil were among the groups selected to build five LNG terminals in Pakistan, as the country aims to triple imports and ease gas shortages, said Omar Ayub Khan, Pakistan’s minister of power and petroleum.