The Karachi Port handled 95,382 tonnes of cargo including 80,218 tonnes of import cargo; 15,164 tonnes of export cargo and 1,261 loaded and empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 80,218 tonnes comprised of 9,430 tonnes of containerised cargo; 510 tonnes of bulk cargo; 9,200 tonnes of coal; 1,900 tonnes of rock phosphate and 59,178 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 15,164 tonnes comprised of 5,289 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,248 tonnes of bulk cargo; 2,845 tonnes of cement and 5,782 tonnes of bulk cement. Five ships namely Bunga Raya Satu, MSC Anafi, Sea Lark, Al-Batros and Kota Handal sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Six vessels viz MSC Anafi, Al-Batros, Khorfakkan, Merian, Kota Handal and Al-Wajba are currently at the berths. One ship namely Sattar expected to sail on Wednesday, while two vessels viz Merian and Khorfakkan are expected to sail on Thursday. Five vessels viz Bow Sky, Bunga Raya Lima, Cap Gabriel, Glory Moon and Bsle Tresa due to arrive on Wednesday, while five ships namely Morning Haruka, Hyundai General, Arnis, Kota Singa and Ulusoy-8 are due to arrive on Thursday.