The Karachi Port handled 190,790 tonnes of liquid import cargo including 144,667 tonnes of import 46,123 tonnes of export cargo and 6,037 loaded and empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 144,667 tonnes comprised of 82,384 tonnes of dry cargo including 58,976 tonnes of containerised cargo; 23,408 tonnes of bulk cargo; 1,527 tonnes of DAP; 17,000 tonnes of coal; 4,258 tonnes of canola and 62,283 tonnes of oil and/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 46,123 tonnes comprised of 40,623 tonnes of dry cargo including 26,329 tonnes of containerised cargo; 14,294 tonnes of bulk cargo; 13,416 tonnes of cement and 5,500 tonnes of oil and/liquid cargo. Four ships namely Wilma, Ocean Success, Sima Sahba and Bunga Raya Sebelas sailed out to sea during the reported period. Six vessels viz Asdrubal, Hyundai Baron, Wan Hai-501, Kish Star, Cap Gabriel and Providence are currently at the berths.
Five ships namely Hanjin Duesseldorf, You Mei, MT Johar, Lucky Arrow and Wan Hai-501 expected to sail on Thursday, while four vessels viz Hyundai Baron, Cap Gabriel, Kish Star and Quetta expected to sail on Friday. One vessel viz MT Islamabad due to arrive on Thursday, while five ships namely BW Columbia, Bhairavi, LTC Calvin P. Titus, TS Dubai and YM America are due to arrive on Friday.