Activity at Karachi & Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 183,298 tonnes of cargo comprising 131,760 tonnes of import cargo and 51,538 tonnes of export cargo including 5,556 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 131,760 tonnes comprised of 67,012 tonnes of containerised cargo; 17,407 tonnes of general cargo and 47,341 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 51,538 tonnes comprised of 44,917 tonnes of containerised cargo; 451 tonnes of general cargo and 6,170 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,556 containers comprising of 2,709 containers import and 2,847 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 1,061 of 20's and 532 of 40's loaded while 298 of 20's and 143 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1,290 of 20's and 661 of 40's loaded containers while 1 of 20's and 117 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were ten ships namely Hyundai Jakarta, Zhen Hua-18, SC Dalian, Al-Abdali, Chem Tiger, Eternal Diligence, BBC Hudson, Liberty Promise, Chang Hang Bin and Mandarin Fortune carrying containers, oil tankers, mogas, steel coils, vehicle and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were seven vessels viz. Hanjin Indigo, UAFL Zanzibar, X-Press Euphrates, Kota Kaya, Intrepid Republic, BBC Hudson and U Noble carrying containers, oil tanker, steel and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were four ships namely Hanjin Indigo, UAFL Zanzibar, X-Press Euphrates and Kota Kaya carrying containers respectively sailed out to sea on Monday while another ship namely Leopard carrying containers is expected to sail on Tuesday.
There were four vessels viz. ACX Pearl, Hansa Neuburg, Uni Prudent and Mathawee Naree carrying containers and steel respectively due to arrive on Monday while five vessels viz. APJ Shirin, MTM London, Malhari, Elgiznur Cebi and Universal Bremen carrying containers, oil tanker, chemical, coal and steel respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 59,996 tonnes comprising 29,311 tonnes of import cargo and 30,685 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 2,039 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The total import cargo of 29,311 tonnes includes 5,317 tonnes of furnace oil; 10,073 tonnes of soyabean seeds; 3,984 tonnes of chemical and 9,937 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 30,685 tonnes includes 30,685 tonnes of containerised cargo.
There were two ships namely CV MSC Al Ghero and MT Quetta carrying containers and oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea on Monday morning, while two ships namely CV ACX Crystal and MV Clipper Viking carrying containers and chemical respectively are expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of five vessels viz. CV ACX Crystal, CV MSC Al Ghero, MV Oceanis, MV Clipper Viking and MT Quetta currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, soyabean seeds, chemical and furnace oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as five ships namely MT Gas Sallan, MT Tomas Gas, MT Al-Soor-II, MT Bahra and MT Bunga Akasia carrying LPG, diesel oil and palm oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim on Monday. There was one vessels viz. MT Tomas Gas carrying LPG expected to take berth SSGC LPG Terminal on Monday. There was one ship namely CV CMA CGM Thames carrying containers due to arrive on Monday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2016