Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 147,363 tonnes of cargo comprising 112,618 tonnes of import cargo and 34,745 tonnes of export cargo including 5,391 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday.
The total import cargo of 112,618 tonnes comprised of 34,097 tonnes of containerised cargo; 11,081 tonnes of general cargo; 14,092 tonnes of bulk cargo: 1,715 tonnes of canola; 4,133 tonnes of DAP; 5,729 tonnes of soyabean meal and 2,515 tonnes of rape seed and 53,348 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. The total export cargo of 34,745 tonnes comprised of 30,768 tonnes of containerised cargo; 20 tonnes of general cargo; 1,756 tonnes of cement and 2,201 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 5,391 containers comprising 2,153 containers import and 3,238 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday. The breakup of imported containers shows 891 of 20's and 622 40's loaded while 16 of 20's and 1 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 834 of 20's and 475 of 40's loaded containers while 494 of 20's and 480 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were five ships namely MOL Distinction, Express Kailash, Euro Strength, Angel-2 and Bao Success carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were five vessels viz. Kota Kaya, Angel-2, Xiu Chi, Bsle Genova and Pacific Dream carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were two ships namely Kota Kaya and Chrisopigi Lady carrying containers and oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea on Wednesday, while two more ships namely OEL Trust and Xiu Chi carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Thursday.
There were four vessels viz. Pagasitikos, Pistis, Ikan Salmon and Somerset carrying containers, DAP, coal and cement respectively due to arrive on Wednesday, while four vessels viz. Cosco Kobe, MT Karachi, Water Breeze and Heilan Brother carrying containers, oil tankers and steel respectively are due to arrive on Thursday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 104,048 tonnes comprising 96,719 tonnes of import cargo and 7,329 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 1,282 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The total import cargo of 96,719 tonnes includes 39,400 tonnes of furnace oil; 21,318 tonnes of palm oil; 16,408 tonnes of wheat and 19,593 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo includes 7,329 tonnes of containerised cargo. There were three ships namely CV Fowairet, MT Oriental Clematis and MT Ratna Shalini with containers and oil tankers sailed out sea on Wednesday morning, while two more ships namely MV Ocean Future and MT Argent Iris with wheat and edible oil are expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of six vessels viz. CV Safmarine Ngami, CV Fowairet, MV Ocean Future, MT Oriental Clematis, MT Argent Iris, and MT Ratna Shalini currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, wheat, soya bean oil, palm oil and furnace oil respectively during the last 24 hours. As many as seven ships namely Maersk Pitts Burg, CMA CGM Balzac, RBD Anema E Care, Al-Salam-II, Ince Il Gaz, Bunga Azalea and Mega Lohari with containers, furnace oil, diesel oil, edible oil and rape seed are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim.
There were two vessels viz. CV Safmarine Ngami and CV Fawairet carrying containers took berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal on Tuesday. There are three ships namely CV Maersk Pitts Burg, CV CMA CGM Balzac and MT Ince Il Gaz with containers and rape seed due to arrive on Wednesday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2014