The Karachi Port handled 171,674 tonnes of cargo including 98,017 tonnes of import, 73,657 tonnes of export cargo and 2,825 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during last 48 hours ended at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 98,017 tonnes, comprised 82,518 of tonnes of dry cargo including 54,761 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,196 tonnes of bulk cargo; 11,058 tonnes of DAP, 14,503 tonnes of rock phosphate and 15,499 tonnes of oil and/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 73,657 tonnes, comprised of 73,657 tonnes of dry cargo including 49,459 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,709 tonnes of bulk cargo; 20,180 tonnes of cement and 2,309 tonnes of rice. Thirteen ships namely APL Balboa, APL Sokhna, Thomas Mann, Kota Layar, UNI Promote, OEL Trust, Seaways Valour, Olympic Carrier, Patton-1, Valbella, M T Johar, Tian Wang Xing and SC Beihai sailed out to the sea during the reported period.
Twelve vessels viz valbella, Queen Arrow 1, APL Sokhna, Seaways Valour, UNI Promote, OEL Trust, Thomas Mann, TS Malaysia, Dorian, Tian Wang Xing, Kish Star and SC Beihai are currently at the berths. Two ships namely TS Malaysia and RAK Afrikana are expected to sail on Monday, while four more ships namely Mandarin Fortune, Ashraf B, AL Ihsaa and Ocean Island are expected to sail on Tuesday.
Four vessels namely viz APL Brisbane, Sima Sahba, Kota Akbar and Union Carrier carrying containers and general cargo, due to arrive on Monday, while four more vessels namely Gulf Tiger, Bunga Raya Lapan, Alliance ST. Louis and BBC Switzerland carrying LSFO, containers, units and general cargo, are due to arrive on Tuesday.