The Karachi Port handled 81,113 tonnes of liquid import cargo including 49,783 tonnes of import 31,330 tonnes of export cargo and 2,733 loaded and empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday. The total import cargo of 49,783 tonnes comprised of 17,300 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,011 tonnes of bulk cargo; 23,084 tonnes of coal; 1,388 tonnes of MAP and 6,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 31,330 tonnes comprised of 15,628 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,578 tonnes of bulk cargo; 10,010 tonnes of cement; 2,800 tonnes of clinker and 1,314 tonnes of talc powder. Five ships namely Tom Ship-2, Hyundai Emperor, Wan Hai-507, Silver Craft and Sagittarius Leader sailed out to sea during the reported period. Eight vessels viz BSLE Princess, Calmy Coral, Sagittarius Leader, Al-Marwah, Kota Hakim, Tiran, YM Asia and Steela are currently at the berths.
Three ships namely Al-Marwah, Century Ace and Samin-1 expected to sail on Saturday, while three vessels viz Glory Tellus, Quetta and Union Anna are expected to sail on Sunday. Six vessels viz Quetta, OEL Shreyas, Ninos, Tan Binh-36, Power Ranger and Fade-1 due to arrive on Saturday, while seven ships namely MT Swat, Voge Dignity, Bunga Raya Satu, Anke, Cos Fair, Mustafa H and Wehr Nienstedten are due to arrive on Sunday.