Fourth attempt to move soybean ship successful: sources

KARACHI: Sources privy to the development have revealed that the soybean carrying vessel being blamed for the toxic gas in Karachi successfully made its way to Port Qasim from Kemari, ARY News reported on Thursday.

A tug boat pulled the ship to take it to the outer channel sending it on its way.

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Last night the ship had witnessed some misbalancing which halted its transportation the ship was taken to Port Qasim after the ships balance stabalised.

Earlier in the day, a third attempt to tug out Hercules cargo ship loaded with soybean from KPT to Port Qasim failed as the captain refused to operate the ship due to lack of balance.

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A decision to remove the vessel from the port over apprehensions in the wake of recent deaths and health issues in population adjacent to the port was made on Wednesday.

Maritime Minister Ali Zaidi had earlier told the media about the decision to remove the cargo ship from the Karachi Port berth to Port Qasim.