Hong Kong's Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the nation's first deep-water container terminal at Karachi, which commenced box handing trial last month, has now set operating records.

In less than two months, Hutchison Ports Pakistan set a new productivity record for Karachi with the handling of 1,666 moves in just under 17 hours on the 6,200 TEU vessel MSC Lucy which called at the terminal on January 17, the Karachi Daily Times reported.

During her stay at the brand-new facility, the terminal achieved a vessel operating rate (VOR) of 129 container moves per hour, a berth productivity rate (BPR) of 102 container moves per hour and a gross crane rate (GCR) of 27.8 container moves per hour. During the call, a total of 2,634 TEU were handled.

The previous highest recorded VOR of 121 container moves per hour in Karachi was set by Hutchison Ports KICT in 2013.