The Karachi Port handled 93,659 tonnes of cargo including 74,856 tonnes of import cargo, 18,803 tonnes of export cargo, 4,040 loaded and empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 74,856 tonnes comprised of 28,190 tonnes of containerised cargo; 553 tonnes of general cargo; 29,113 tonnes of bulk cargo: 677 tonnes of fertiliser; 22,000 tonnes of coal; 4,382 tonnes of scrap; 636 tonnes of TS Phosphate; 1,418 tonnes of oil cake meals and 17,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 18,803 tonnes comprised of 6,551 tonnes of containerised cargo; 6,852 tonnes of bulk cargo: 1,216 tonnes of cement; 5,636 tonnes of bulk cement and 5,400 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Eleven ships namely Hyundai Tacoma, Lighting Barge, Tug Thunder, Torm Venture, TS Dubai, Greenwich Bridge, Al-Mirqab, YM America, OEL Trust, Lucky Lady and Istra Ace sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Five vessels viz Taban-1, President Truman, OEL Trust, Istra Ace and Cathrina are currently at the berths. Four ships namely Buxmaster, Sichem Ruby, Taban-1 and MT Karachi expected to sail on Wednesday, while three vessels viz Bunga Raya Sambilan, Unicorn Brave and Bavaria Express are expected to sail on Thursday. Five vessels viz Bunga Raya Sambilan, S B Queen, Saeed, Ocean Project and Free Goddess due to arrive on Wednesday, while six ships namely CSL Ride, Williamsburg Bridge, Anke, Caribbean Carrier, Armstrong and Danica Green are due to arrive on Thursday.