Total cargo handling registers 15 percent growth in July-August

The total cargo handling at Karachi Port registered a growth of 15 percent during the bimonthly period July-August 2008, vis-a-vis the handling taken place at port during the corresponding period last year.
This year KPT has handled 6,624,000 tons of cargo, which includes the handling of 2,280,000 tons of exports and 4,344,000 tons of imports. Handling in the corresponding period last year was 5,757,000 tons with exports at 1,463,000 tons and imports at 4,294,000 tons.
The dry bulk cargo exports handling during the July-August' 08 period ended on upbeat registering a massive growth of 92.04 percent in comparison from that of corresponding period's handling last year. The KPT handled 941,000 tons of dry bulk exports, which remained 490,000 tons last year during the period under consideration.
On the imports front, the total cargo handling has rose by 1.16 percent during the July-August period this year in comparison to that of corresponding period last year. The major imports handling was the liquid bulk cargo, which remained at 1,836,000 tons against the handling of 1,484,000 tons in the corresponding period of the preceding year.-PR