The Karachi Port handled 146,503 tonnes of cargo including 113,610 tonnes of import cargo, 32,893 tonnes of export cargo and 4,174 loaded & empty containers during last 48 hours ended at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 113,610 tonnes comprised of 33,657 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,917 tonnes of general cargo; 15,969 tonnes of bulk cargo and 62,067 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 32,893 tonnes comprised of 30,138 tonnes of containerised cargo; 955 tonnes of bulk cargo and 1,800 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Thirteen ships namely Emirates Marina, MSC Ayala, Kota Azam, Salis, Hanjin Beijiang, APL Guangzhou, Pardis, OEL Trust, Golden Orchid, MT Lahore, Silva, Labro and Billesborg carrying eight container ships, three oil tankers, coal carrier and general cargo ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Fourteen vessels viz Salis, CS Discovery, Pardis, APL Brisbane, Bux Melody, OEL Trust, MOL Bravery, MT Quetta, Strilen, Jin Yuan Men, Billesborg, Liberty Pride, Yong Jin and Star Island H carrying seven container ships, two oil tankers, two genral cargo ships, car carrier, coal ship and rock phosphate carrier respectively are currently at the berths.
Two ships namely Suleyman Pasli and MT quetta with DAP carrier and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Monday, while another ship namely Bow Vent with ethanol is expected to sail on Tuesday. Four vessels viz Amagi Galaxy, Hanjin Durban, Hyundai Highness and Elmar Victoria with oil tanker, two container ships and general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Monday, while seven vessels viz atlantic Frontier, Dongbu Promy-1, Greenwich Bridge, YM Europe, Hansa Constitution, Kota Singa and Hansa Danica carrying two oil tankers, four container ships and general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.