The Karachi Port handled 143,228 tonnes of cargo including 90,562 tonnes of import cargo, 52,666 tonnes of export cargo and 5,410 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 90,562 tonnes comprised of 31,569 tonnes of containerised cargo; 906 tonnes of general cargo; 27,080 tonnes of bulk cargo: 7,131 tonnes of DAP; 17,500 tonnes of coal; 2,449 tonnes of yellow peas and 31,007 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 52,666 tonnes comprised of 44,782 tonnes of containerised cargo; 33 tonnes of general cargo; 3,526 tonnes of bulk cargo and 4,325 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Three ships namely Borneo Pioneer, Alliance St. Louis and APL Zircon carrying ethanol ship, car carrier and container ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Four vessels viz APL Zircon, Hyundai Confidence, Conti Brisbane and King Honour carrying three container ships and general cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths. Four ships namely Conti Brisbane, MOL Success, APL Sokhna and Spar Orion carrying three container ships and yellow peas carrier respectively expected to sail on Tuesday, while four ships namely Al Sabiyah, Ocean Friend, Valor SW and Hyundai Confidence with high speed diesel oil tanker, coal carrier, DAP ship and container ship respectively are expected to sail on Wednesday.
Three vessels viz Golden Orchid, MT Lahore and Labro with tallow carrier, crude oil tanker and coal carrier respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday, while eight vessels viz DL Diamond, Al-Mirqab, Hansa Century, Salis, Cap Graham, Cosco Kawasaki, President Jackson and El Mar Victoria carrying ethanol ship, six container ship and general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.