The Karachi Port handled 70,775 tonnes of cargo comprising 42,295 tonnes of import cargo and 28,480 tonnes of export cargo including 2,217 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 42,295 tonnes comprised of 9,103 tonnes of containerised cargo; 13,760 tonnes of coal and 19,432 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 28,480 tonnes comprised of 18,902 tonnes of containerised cargo; 490 tonnes of general cargo; 6,238 tonnes of bulk cargo: 1,695 tonnes of rice; 3,591 tonnes of cement; 952 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 2,850 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
Five ships namely President Folk, Wan Hai-602, Santa Belina, Al-Salam-II and UBC Cyprus with two container ships, one HSD oil tanker and one bulk cargo ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Three vessels viz Daewoo Diamond, UACC Sound and ID Tide with one ethanol ship, one oil tanker and one bulk cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths.
An ethanol ship namely Daewoo Diamond sailed out to sea on Thursday, while two container ships namely Emirates Yangtze and Cap George are expected to sail on Friday. Two vessels viz Berthea and Purwati carrying one naphtha ship and one chemicals carrier respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while eight vessels viz YM Fuzhou, Kota Azam, APL Sydny, Al-Ihsaa, OOCL Dalian, Maria Princess, Ashahda and Lodestar Genesis carrying five container ships, one LSF oil tanker, one crude oil tanker and one chemicals carrier respectively are due to arrive on Friday.
The total import cargo of 72,630 tonnes includes 37,416 tonnes of furnace oil; 4,654 tonnes of palm oil; 10,661 tonnes of canola seeds; 6,607 tonnes of chemicals and 13,292 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 14,313 tonnes includes 3,021 tonnes of cement and 11,292 tonnes of containerised cargo. Two ships namely CV Al-Abdali and MT SC Guanzhou sailed out to sea during last 24 hours, while another ship namely MV Hartati is expected to sail on Thursday morning.
A total number of eight vessels CV CMA CGM Bellini, CV Al-Abdali, MV Hiba Al-Noor-B, MT Quetta, MV Hartati, MT SC Guanzhou, MT Pearl Bulker and MT STX Knight are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, furnace oil, palm oil, canola seeds and chemicals respectively during last 24 hours.
As many as six ships namely Nicoline Maersk, Safmarine Nagami, APL Chile, Leader, Fair Spirit and SC Shantuo with three container ships, two furnace oil tankers and one palm oil tanker respectively are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. A total number of five vessels viz CV Safmarine Nagami, CV Nicoline Maersk, CV APL Chile, MT Leader and MT SC Shantuo carrying containers, furnace oil and palm oil are expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal, FOTCO Oil Terminal and Liquid Cargo Terminal respectively on Thursday.
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