The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) on Friday hit back at the Petroleum Division and the oil industry, saying they were not giving the full picture and hiding their own shortcomings while complaining against the closure of an oil pier at KPT. The response came in reaction to a letter from the Ministry of Petroleum, which cited Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) complaints that closure of OP-3 at the Karachi Port could lead to product shortages. In its response, the KPT said the oil pier in question was not closed and vessels were in fact berthing there. Since June 23 vessels had berthed there, KPT claimed in its reaction, adding six of them belonged to OCAC and 17 were private. It said one reason for the so-called shortage of petrol (Mogas) could be to slow discharge rate of oil tankers against the established norms of KPT. It said the Oil […]