The Karachi Port handled 123,033 tonnes of cargo including 89,438 tonnes of import and 33,595 tonnes of export, 3,457 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday.
The freights comprised of 91,781 tonnes of dry cargo including 50,611 tonnes of general cargo; 4,290 tonnes of fertiliser; 21,376 tonnes of cement; 15,504 tonnes of coal and 31,252 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
Eight ships namely viz Amber K, Calmy Carol, Misc Darlington, Pacific Diamond, Al Ihsaa, Arcadia, Apl Pusan and Breeze sailed out to sea during the reported period. Ten vessels namely Pacific Diamond, Hansa Sonderburg, Northern HarmonyApl Sokhna, Apl Chicago, Nantor, Bow Prosper, Orfeas, Iron Butterfly and Josco Taizhou are currently at the berths to load/offload containers, urea, soyabean oil, naphtha, cargo and coal respectively.
Three ships namely Apl Sokhna, Lucky Carrier and Northern Harmony are expected to sail on Wednesday, while another ship namely Bow Prosper is expected to sail on Thursday.
Seven vessels viz Stolt VanguardSamin 1, Wan Hai 501, Uni Angel, Christina, Raysut 1 and Charelle carrying jet oil, containers, cement and general cargo due to arrive on Wednesday. While five more ships Fabulous, Pac Antlia, H&H Tide, TS Qingdao and Windsor Castle are due to arrive on Thursday carrying clinker, containers, and steel respectively.