It was more than two months ago on the 22nd of July when crowds thronged to Karachi sea view to take in the scenery. No, they were there to see Heng Tong 77 – a container ship bound for Turkey that found itself adrift without an anchor and stranded at a very public part of the Karachi beach. Stalled by bad weather and rough sea, the ship refused to budge and it took around seven serious attempts over the course of 48 days to finally refloat the ship. The ship was never supposed to enter Pakistan in the first place. The Heng Tong 77, owned by a Hong Kong based cargo company, had set sail from Shanghai and was on its way to Istanbul.

Source: Pakistan Today September 20, 2021 04:39 UTC