Activities at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 161,432 tonnes of cargo comprising 120,846 tonnes of import cargo and 40,502 tonnes of export cargo including 10,462 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday.
The total import cargos of 120,846 tonnes comprised of 78,149 tonnes of containerised cargo; 41 tonnes of bulk cargo; 6,962 tonnes of DAP; 2,599 tonnes of soyabean seeds; and 33,095 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargos of 40,502 tonnes comprised of 31,396 tonnes of containerised cargo; 460 tonnes of bulk cargo; 2,200 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo 4,670 tonnes of talc powder and 1,776 tonnes of rice.
As many as 10,462 containers comprising of 5,842 containers import and 4,620 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,500 of 20's and 1,975 of 40's loaded while 02 of 20's and 195 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 860 of 20's and 356 40's loaded containers while 954 20's and 1047 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were five ships namely Xin FU Zhou, Hua Lin Wan, Wehr Schulau, Kot Karim and M.T.Karachi carrying containers, and tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were six vessels viz. Kota Karim, Cosco Japan, Navios Unison, Kota Layar and BW Boron carrying containers, and tanker, respectively currently at the berths.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 132,531 tonnes comprising 118,281 tonnes of import cargo and 14,250 tonnes of export cargo including 2,111 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The total import cargo of 132,531 tonnes includes 3,500 tonnes of diesel oil; 3,770 tonnes of palm oil; 40,760 tonnes of coal; 3,579 tonnes of chemicals; 1,483 tonnes of LPG; 6,980 tonnes of soyabean seed and 68,159 tonnes of containerised cargo.
The total export cargo of 14,250 tonnes includes 000 tonnes of Talcum powder and 14,250 tonnes of containerised cargo. There was one ship namely Gas Esco carrying LPG sailed out to sea on Wednesday morning and three ships namely CL Belle, Maersk Hartford, and YM Miranda expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of fourteen vessels were currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, coal, soyabean seeds, project cargo, LPG, diesel oil and palm oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as fourteen ships namely MSC Mirella, APL Antwerp, Sofie Victory, Port Canton , SS SITC Zhong Shan, GNG Concord, John M Caras, Aqua Roma, NCC Amal, Rita M, and UACCIbn Sina with containers, soyabean seeds, canola seeds, coal, LPG, diesel oil and palm oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.
There were five vessels viz. MSC Mirella, APL Antwerp, GH Chinook, Aqua Roma and Rita M with containers, coal, LPG and LNG respectively expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal, Pakistan International Bulk Terminal, Engro Elengy Terminal, and SSGC LPG Terminal respectively on Friday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019