KARACHI PORT IV-OIL

closed

Items to be financed by the Fourth Karachi Port Project include: (a) construction of a new oil berth to accommodate 75,000 dwt tankers; dredging alongside to a depth of 44 feet (45,000 dwt tankers); (b) immediate contract dredging of the approach channel to a depth of 37 feet (about 35/40,000 dwt tankers); test dredging a section of the approach channel to 45 foot depth; (c) purchase of a 2,000 cubic meters capacity dredger for maintaining the approach channel and deepening it to 40 feet (45,000 dwt tankers); (d) provision and installation of hose handling equipment and common user pipelines within the port limits; fire-fighting equipment; navigation aids, and floating collars and other spillage control and disposal facilities; (e) consulting services for supervision and technical assistance to KPT for training of local staff in operation and maintenance of the dredger, and to assess results of the test dredging.