Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 32,400 tonnes of cargo comprising import cargo during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday The total import cargo comprised 32,400 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Two ships carrying one container ship and one oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Four vessels with two container ships, one oil tanker and one general cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 36,817 tonnes comprising 36,459 tonnes of import cargo and 358 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 652 loaded & empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during last 24 hours on Thursday.
The total import cargo of 36,459 tonnes includes 17,169 tonnes of diesel oil; 7,650 tonnes of fertiliser and 11,640 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo includes 358 tonnes of containerised cargo. A container ship namely CV Altonia sailed out to sea during the last 24 hours.
A total number of six vessels viz MV Atlantia, MV Pagona, MV Fisher-D, MV Ismail Deep, MV Shan Dong Hai Tong and MT Al-Soor-II are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, diesel oil and fertiliser respectively during the last 24 hours. As many as three ships namely Ambelos, Framura and Chemroad Sea with furnace oil and palm oil respectively are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. A palm oil tanker MT Chemroad Sea is expected to take berth at Liquid Cargo Terminal on Saturday.
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