Pakistan orders all coal imports to discharge at Port Qasim from August

Pakistan’s thermal coal importers will have to discharge all of their cargoes at Port Qasim from August, after the country’s Supreme Court banned the unloading of thermal coal at the nearby Karachi port, shipping sources said. A notice has been served to the Karachi Port Trust, the administrator of the country’s largest maritime gateway, saying that only those vessels whose bills of lading have declared Karachi as the port of discharge will be allowed to call until the end of July, a shipping source close to the matter said.