Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 115,705 tonnes of cargo comprising 104,377 tonnes of import cargo and 11,328 tonnes of export cargo including 5,137 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday.
The total import cargo of 104,377 tonnes comprised of 42,355 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,221 tonnes of general cargo; 35,326 tonnes of bulk cargo: 26,348 tonnes of coal; 4,603 tonnes of DAP; 4,375 tonnes of soyabean meal and 25,475 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. The total export cargo of 11,328 tonnes comprised of 11,215 tonnes of containerised cargo and 113 tonnes of general cargo.
As many as 5,137 containers comprising 3,293 containers import and 1,844 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday. The break-up of imported containers shows 869 of 20's and 1,156 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 56 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 314 of 20's and 118 of 40's loaded containers while 536 of 20's and 379 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely Hanjin Indigo, Kota Karim, Elina-B and Atlas Explorer carrying containers and oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were five vessels viz. Ever Radiant, Northern Guild, APL Guangzhou, FPMC P Glory and Cape Bille carrying containers and oil tankers respectively currently at the berths.
There was one ship namely Ever Radiant carrying containers sailed out to sea on Friday, while five ships namely UASC Ajman, Northern Guild, FPMC P Glory, Cape Bille and Ikan Salmon carrying containers, oil tankers and coal respectively are expected to sail on Saturday. There were three vessels viz. Baltic Mercur New Legend Sapphire and Ibis Bulker carrying oil tanker, vehicles and coal respectively due to arrive on Friday, while eight vessels viz. RHL Aqua, PAC Aries, Hyundai Jakarta, AS Carelia, MT Karachi, Ashahda, Grand Dolphin and Positive Star carrying containers, oil tankers and vehicles respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 176,252 tonnes comprising 148,994 tonnes of import cargo and 27,258 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 2,449 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The total import cargo of 148,994 tonnes includes 52,586 tonnes of diesel oil; 12,880 tonnes of edible oil; 44,357 tonnes of coal and 24,171 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 27,258 tonnes includes 200 tonnes of cement and 27,258 tonnes of containerised cargo. There were two ships namely CV New Delhi Express and MT Al-Soor-II with containers and diesel oil sailed out sea on Friday morning, while another ship namely CV Spirit of Mumbai with containers is expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of eight vessels viz. CV New Delhi Express, CV Maersk Kingston, CV New Delhi Express, MV Mega Lohari, MV Norgas Orinda, MV DL Dahlia, MT Al-Soor-II and MT Sea Harvest currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, rape seed, coal, chemical, diesel oil and edible oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as six ships namely Rio Madeira, Kumasi, MT Lito, Ever Mighty, Aritis and Carri Bean Orchid with containers, wheat, coal, furnace oil and edible oil are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. There were four vessels carrying containers and chemical took berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and Engro Vopak Terminal respectively on Thursday. There are three ships namely CV Rio Madeira, CV Kumasi and Arietis with containers and furnace oil due to arrive on Friday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2014