Services

Bulk Shipping also owns subsidiaries associated with stevedoring and port operations. The company owns bulk fertilizer, wheat, seeds discharging & loading equipments which include automatic bagging plants, vacuators with conveyor systems.

We are handling/discharging about 90 to 100 percent of the total bulk fertilizer imports. Our subsidiaries also own bulk cargo handling equipments i.e. pneumatic bagging plants, evacuators, conveyor systems, grabs, trucks, trailers, dumpers, bulldozers, forklifts etc. We also have other equipment, such as orange peel grabs for scrap discharging + top loaders for container handling.  Our stevedoring set-ups and port equipment owning companies are also under professional management. One of our stevedoring firms has surpassed their own previously recorded performance by discharging/simultaneous bagging of 11,371 M.Tons of bulk fertilizer from a ship, in 24 hours.

The company successfully handles millions of tons of cargo annually.

These services are available for our clients as and when required.

We effectively and efficiently handle post fixture voyage analysis.

We and our sister concerns have been representatives of U.S. Lines, Choyang Lines, Global Container Lines and K Lines, and also other various lines. We have managed all terminal operations including tally, documentation etc.

We manage about 22,000 square meters of container terminal & depot within Karachi Port & we have joined hands with our partners Al-Hamd International Container Terminal (Pvt) Ltd for the handling of scrap and metal cargo at their off dock customs bonded facility.

AICT is a state-of-the-art 26-acres Off-Dock Terminal facility. It has 8 acres of customized dedicated Paved Area for the handling of scrap and metal cargo. AICT offers 24-hours fool proof security, processing capability and capacity for handling and storage of scrap.

We have also been associated with salvage operations (through our principles M/s. SvitzerWijsmuller) and attended to offloading of loaded vessel mv. Emin (vessel was carrying 22,000 M.Tons of bagged rice) which was grounded outside Karachi harbour in 1999 during heavy monsoon. We arranged all logistics supports, ship chandelling transport arrangements, clearing of equipments and overseeing / coordination of movements of all personnel of the salvage team. We also discharged (with our private labour) into dhows about 50 per cent of the cargo from the ship at the grounded position, to assist the lifting of the grounded vessel for smooth salvage operation.

This is the only successful salvage operation up-to-date in the history of Pakistan where both the grounded vessel and her cargo were recovered safely. Although there have been numerous crafts / vessels grounded in Pakistani waters.

We are the pioneers of trans-loading of bulk cargo at off-shore for over three decades during the sixties / seventies & eightees.  We have successfully performed full or partial loading and unloading of ocean-going vessels anchored off port through lighter vessels.  During those many years, we handled millions of tons of dry bulk cargo by ship-to-ship transfer that took place at open sea or at OPL (Outer Port Limit) in Karachi and performed full agency services for lighterage vessels.

Management of ship-to-ship transfer operations at open sea.

Support services to offshore project operations.

Supply & Delivery and Repair & Maintenance services at off-port / off-shore.

A 24/7 single point of contact for all onshore and offshore operations in Pakistan.

Prompt response.

Provide continuous support to put supplies and assistance within easy reach of vessel at port and at off-port/off-shore as well.

Cost efficient cohesive support services under one-window.