The Karachi Port handled 118,450 tonnes of cargo comprising 88,882 tonnes of import cargo and 29,568 tonnes of export cargo including 5,202 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday The total import cargo of 88,882 tonnes comprised of 36,102 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,601 tonnes of general cargo; 35,679 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 32,800 tonnes of coal; 3,679 tonnes of DAP and 9,500 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 29,568 tonnes comprised of 21,908 tonnes of containerised cargo; 160 tonnes of general cargo and 7,500 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,202 containers comprising of 2,584 containers import and 2,618 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 900 of 20's and 806 of 40's loaded while 18 of 20's and 27 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 452 of 20's and 400 of 40's loaded containers while 330 of 20's and 518 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were five ships namely KMTC Mumbai, MSC Imma, APL Agate, Bomar Rissen and Kota Kaya carrying containers respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were six vessels viz. Kota Kaya, MOL Dominance, Ever Divine, Shah Deniz, Salzgitter and Mito carrying containers, oil tanker, vehicle and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There were four ships namely Ever Divine, Dragon Fortune, Kmarin Genoa and Mito carrying containers, oil tanker, coal and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday, while two ships namely Padma and Shah Deniz carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Friday.
There was one vessel viz. Cevdet A carrying chemical due to arrive on Thursday while six vessels viz. Fowairet, Champion Tern, MT Shalamar, Seoyoung, Ebony Ray and Asavary carrying containers, oil tankers and chemical respectively are due to arrive on Friday.
The total import cargo of 51,368 tonnes includes 15,272 tonnes of furnace oil; 1,447 tonnes of LPG; 11,887 tonnes of soyabean seeds and 22,762 tonnes of containerised cargo.
The total export cargo of 33,479 tonnes includes 9,921 tonnes of cement; 1,917 tonnes of steel coil and 21,641 tonnes of containerised cargo. As many as 2,337 containers comprising of 1,198 containers import and 1,139 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday. There were two ships namely CV MSC Antalia and MT Globe Tanya carrying containers and LPG sailed out to sea on Thursday morning, while another ship namely CV Alam Moler carrying cement is expected to sail on the same day afternoon. A total number of six vessels viz. CV Northern Jamboree, CV MSC Antalia, MV Alam Moler, MV Golden Trader-1, MT Lahore and MT Globe Tanya currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, cement, soyabean seeds, furnace oil and LPG respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as six ships namely CV MSC Meava, CV CMA CGM Narvel, MT Al-Salam-II, MT Shaybah, MT Bahra and MT Silver Ellie carrying Containers, diesel oil and palm oil at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim on Thursday. There were two vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Narvel and MT Silver Ellie carrying containers and palm oil expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and Liquid Cargo Terminal respectively on Thursday. There were five ships namely CV Safmarine Ngami, CV Uni Florida, MT BBC Kimberley, MV Mu Da Song and MT Qubaa carrying containers, project cargo and general cargo and furnace oil due to arrive on Thursday.
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