| 5 Eastern Industrial Zone EIZ 8,300 2,490 5,810 Total 12,220 3,519 | These are constantly under threat due to increased shipping and industrial activities in the area |
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| The approach to the port is along a 45-kilometre long Navigation Channel which provides safe navigation for vessels up to 75,000 tonnes DWT | The environmental impact included large numbers of dead fish and turtles and a key mangrove forest, as well as dozens of people suffering nausea |
Location [ ] Port Qasim is located, adjacent to the Bin Qasim town, in the southern part of Malir district, Karachi division, in Sindh.
18| 7 April 2010 at the - Port Industry Statistics - AAPA - Updated 1 May 2007• In addition to the future economic demands and strategic needs, this port was also meant to relieve congestion at the only seaport of the country | The geographic position of the Port Qasim places it in close proximity to major shipping routes |
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| Aubrey Stewart London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1895 | This facility will support trade in terms of reduced time and cost of shipments |
, Daily Business Recorder, 23 October 2009.
16| is also very near, at a distance of 22 km | 5 8,700 Map of southeastern coastal strip of Karachi, showing Port Qasim and mangrove forests |
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| 429 million of dry cargo and 11 | 2 billion TBC Infrastructure Development works in Eastern Industrial Zone Rs |
Pakistan has taken a mangrove conservation initiative recognising the social, ecological and economic significance of the mangrove forests in the coastal areas of and.
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