The Karachi Port handled 112,095 tonnes of cargo including 70,739 tonnes import and 41,356 tonnes export cargo including 3,943 empty and loaded containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Saturday. The cargo comprised of 82,861 tonnes dry cargo including 52,831 tonnes containerised and general cargo; 5,558 tonnes DAP; 1,906 tonnes urea powder; 6,196 tonnes sunflower seeds; 3,100 tonnes steel scrap; 3,650 tonnes clinker; 9,620 tonnes cement and 29,234 tonnes oil/liquid cargo.
Nine ships namely CAP Gabriel, Arctic Bridge, Wan Hai-510, Golden Arrow-II, Ltc Calvin P. Titus, Samin-1, Lucky Arrow, Battery Park and Kota Akbar sailed out to sea during the report period. Six vessels viz New Advance, D D Vogue, Kota Akbar, Lucky Carrier, APL Guangzhou and United Stare are currently at the berths. One ship namely Hyundai Commodore expected to sail on Saturday, while another four vessels viz PAC Antlia, Al-Aqeela-II, Lucky Carrier and APL Guangzhou are expected to sail on Sunday.
Two ships namely New Advance and Brother Glory are expected to sail on Monday. Five vessels viz MT Swat, YM Europe, Hanjin Ningbo, Euphony Ace and Olympic Carrier due to arrive on Saturday, while another three ships namely Thomas Mann, Falconia and Queen Arrow-I are due to arrive on Sunday. Nine ships namely Songa Diamond, APL Brisbane, Sima Sahba, Al-Wajba, Captain Andreais, Vasiliy Burkhanov, Ocean Friend, Island Green and Banglar Kallol are due to arrive on Monday.