The Karachi Port handled 95,747 tonnes of cargo including 43,674 tonnes of import cargo, 52,073 tonnes of export cargo and 5,234 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 43,674 tonnes comprised of 21,185 tonnes of containerised cargo; 4,131 tonnes of general cargo; 5,358 tonnes of bulk cargo and 13,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 52,073 tonnes comprised of 27,613 tonnes of containerised cargo; 812 tonnes of general cargo; 22,330 tonnes of bulk cargo and 750 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Five ships namely Oriental Chem-1, Danica Red, Endurance, President Folk and YM Europe carrying ethanol, general cargo, vehicles and two container ships respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Eight vessels viz Kassos, Abba, Thuringia Express, Kota Anggerik, Hanjin Paris, Rosy Falcon, UBC Cyprus and Endurance carrying oil tanker, steel coils, three container ships, wheat, cement and vehicles respectively are currently at the berths.
Five ships namely Bunga Aster, Kota Anggerik, Hanjin Durban, Trave Trader and Thuringia Express with palm oil and four container ships respectively expected to sail on Thursday, while four ships namely UBC Cyprus, Abba, Kassos and Bravo with cement, steel coils, oil tanker and container ship are expected to sail on Friday.
Three vessels viz Royal Aqua, Bravo and Ital Onore carrying high speed diesel oil and two container ships respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while ten vessels viz MT Lahore, Miramis, Ginga Caracel, OEL Trust, CSL Ride, TS Jakarta, APL Sokhna, OOCL Charleston, Alkman and Sheila Mcdevitt carrying two ethanol ships, five container ships, canola seeds and wheat respectively are due to arrive on Friday.