The Karachi Port handled 101,288 tonnes of cargo including 71,595 tonnes of import cargo, 29,693 tonnes of export cargo and 2,908 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 71,595 tonnes comprised of 27,082 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,799 tonnes of general cargo; 19,714 tonnes of bulk cargo and 22,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 29,693 tonnes comprised of 14,689 tonnes of containerised cargo; 212 tonnes of general cargo and 14,792 tonnes of bulk cargo. Seven ships namely Daffodil, APL Zircon, Cape Manuel, Quetta, SCF Alpine, Ocean Olympic and Bussara Naree carrying three container ships, crude oil tanker, oil tanker, coal carrier and steel respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Five vessels viz Wan Hai-605, Vira Bhum, Hanjin Durban, YM Europe and FSL Singapore carrying four container ships and jet oil tanker respectively are currently at the berths. Five ships namely Seagull-D, Vira Bhum, Patriot, FSL Singapore and Wan Hai-605 with wheat carrier, container ship, general cargo, jet oil tanker and container ship respectively expected to sail on Tuesday, while three ships namely Hong Xin Angel, An Xin Jiang and YM Europe with rock phosphate, general cargo and container ship are expected to sail on Wednesday.
Six vessels viz Oriental Chemi, Liquid Platinum, Bunga Aster, President Folk, Endurance and Danica Red carrying two ethanol carriers, RBD palm oil, container ship, vehicles and general cargo respectively due to arrive on Tuesday, while six vessels viz Kassos, Kota Anggerik, Hanjin Paris, Thuringia Express, BM Interpid and Abba carrying LSFO, three container ships, general cargo and Steel coils respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.