Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 122,478 tonnes of cargo including 107,829 tonnes of import, 14,649 tonnes of export cargo and 3,332 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during the last 24 hours of business activities ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. A total number of 1,927 loaded containers including 1,394 loaded 20' containers and 533 loaded 40' containers are handled during the reported period.
While there are 516 total unloaded containers including 160 unloaded 20' containers and 356 unloaded 40' containers are handled during business hours on Thursday. The total 107,829 tonnes of import cargo comprised of 30,687 tonnes of total containerised cargo; 32,432 tonnes of coal cargo and 44,710 tonnes of oil and liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 14,649 tonnes comprised of 13,171 tonnes of total containerised cargo; 20 tonnes of b bulk cargo; 1,298 tonnes of cement cargo and 160 tonnes of oil and liquid cargo. A total number of four cargo vessels namely Hanjin Durban, Irenes Dream, Ozkan-A and Conti Flint carrying containerised cargo, oil tankers and bulk cargo respectively are sail out to the sea during the business activity hours on Thursday.
There are a total number of five cargo vessels namely Ital Moderena, Northern Democrat, Arcadia, Nadeen, M T Karachi, Glenden, Jag Ravi, Catherina and AS Orelia are currently occupying the berth to load/offload containerised cargo, bulk cargo, crude oil tankers, ethanol liquid tankers, coal cargo and cement cargo respectively at Bulk Oil Pier, East Wharves, Pakistan International Containers Terminal, West Wharves and Karachi International Containers Terminal during the reported period of business hours on Thursday.
There are three cargo vessels namely Northern Democrat, Ital Moderena and M T Karachi carrying containerised cargo and crude oil tankers are expected to sail out to the sea on Thursday evening. There are four cargo vessels namely Golden Gion, Iessa, Vine-2 and Iron Butterfly carrying ethanol liquid containers, containerised cargo, cement cargo and general cargo respectively are expected to arrive on Thursday evening. There are four cargo vessels namely APL Sharjah, YM North, Kota Azam, Oriental Lotus and ECE Nur Bayraktar carrying containerised cargo, steel cargo and ethanol liquid containers respectively are expected to arrive during the business activity hours on Friday. While there are three cargo vessels namely E R Sydney, Arsel Star and UBC Cyprus carrying containerised cargo, steel cargo and cement cargo respectively are expected to arrive on Saturday.

PORT QASIMPort Qasim maintained port's activities of total cargo volume of 85,925 tonnes including 67,611 tonnes of import cargo; 18,314 tonnes of export cargo and there 1,410 loaded and empty containers are handled during the last 24 hours of business activity on Thursday. The total import cargo volume of 67,611 tonnes comprised of 6,755 tonnes of urea; 42,250 tonnes of furnace oil and 18,606 tonnes of containerised cargo are handled during the business activity hours of the port on Thursday. The total export cargo volume of 18,314 tonnes comprised of 1,333 tonnes of rice; 5,977 tonnes of cement cargo and 11,004 tonnes of containerised cargo are handled during the reported period of activities on Thursday.
There are three cargo vessels namely C V Najran, M V Genie and C V CMA CGM Bellini carrying containerised cargo, furnace oil tankers and containerised cargo respectively are expected to sail to the sea from Qasim International Containers Terminal, FOTCO Containers Terminal and Liquid Terminal respectively on Thursday afternoon during the business activity hours.
There are total number of six cargo vessels namely C V Najran, C V CMA CGM Bellini, M V Ocean Prince, M V Rainbow Fairy, M V Star Masaya and M V Genie are currently occupying the berths to load/offload containerised cargo, cement cargo, rice cargo, fertiliser cargo and furnace oil tankers respectively during the last 24 hours of business activities at the port on Thursday.
There are a total number of five cargo vessels namely M V Brizo, M V Al-Salam-II, M T SC Taipie, M V Bom Chin and C V Just Trader carrying furnace oil tankers, diesel oil tankers, edible oil tankers and containerised cargo respectively are hanging out at the outer anchorage of the port on Thursday.
A total number of three cargo vessels namely C V Just Trader, M T SC Taipei and M T Al-Soor-II carrying containerised cargo, edible oil tankers and diesel oil tankers respectively are scheduled to take berths at Port Qasim International Containers Terminal, Liquid Containers Terminal and FOTCO Containers Terminal and Liquid Terminal on Thursday evening.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2012