Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 137,616 tonnes of cargo comprising1 82,018 tonnes of import cargo and 55,598 tonnes of export cargo including 4,752 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 82,018 tonnes comprised of 20,673 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,880 tonnes of general cargo; 1,701 tonnes of wheat and 56,764 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 55,598 tonnes comprised of 46,086 tonnes of containerised cargo; 100 tonnes of general cargo; 9,412 tonnes of bulk cargo: 5,440 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 3,972 tonnes of rice. Four ships namely Valerie Schulte, Hyundai Freedom, Lindavia and MT Quetta with three container ships and one oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Four vessels viz Hanjin Monaco, Violetta, Tabernacle Prince and CF Crystal with two container ships and two bulk cargo ships respectively are currently at the berths. Two ships namely Glen Canyon Bridge and Hanjin Monaco with two container ships sailed out to sea on Tuesday, while one general cargo ship namely King Hero is expected to sail on Wednesday.
One container vessel viz Marcampania due to arrive on Tuesday, while eight vessels viz DL Ace, Shoko Maru, Bravo, Helsinki, UASC Sharjah, APL Brisbane, Grate Eternity and Wo Long Song with two ethanol ships, four container ships, one steel coils carrier and general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 63,137 tonnes, comprising 46,142 tonnes of import cargo and 16,995 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 2,569 loaded & empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during last 24 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 46,142 tonnes includes 3,129 tonnes of urea; 2,000 tonnes of chemicals and 41,013 tonnes of containerised cargo.
The total export cargo of 16,995 tonnes includes 4,059 tonnes of cement and 12,936 tonnes of containerised cargo. One ship namely MT Golden Ambrosia with chemicals sailed out to sea on Tuesday morning, while another ship namely MV MSC Clara with canola seeds is expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of four CV MSC Lara, MV Florida-II, MV STX Daisy and MT Golden Ambrosia are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, urea and chemicals respectively during last 24 hours. As many as three ships namely Estia, Arrilah and Al-Noof with diesel oil, urea and containers respectively are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim.
A total number of two vessels CV Sea land Washington and CV Al-Noof with containers respectively are expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal on Tuesday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2012