The Karachi Port handled 183,574 tonnes of cargo including 142,557 tonnes of import cargo, 41,017 tonnes of export cargo and 2,702 loaded & empty containers during last 48 hours ended at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 142,557 tonnes comprised of 64,705 tonnes of containerised cargo; 3,009 tonne of general cargo; 2,691 tonnes of bulk cargo: 1,088 tonnes of DAP; 1,603 tonnes of wheat and 72,152 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 41,017 tonnes comprised of 40,295 tonnes of containerised cargo; 16 tonnes of general cargo and 706 tonnes of cement. Thirteen ships namely APL Chicago, OOCL Charleston, Kota Akbar, Gifted, Emirates Marina, Hansa Century, Uru Bhum, San Marina Trader, Lodestar Genesis, Al-Soor-II, Khorfakan, Fade-1 and Green Field-1 with seven container ships, two general cargo ships, two oil tankers, wheat carrier and DAP ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Five vessels viz Hansa Century, Uru Bhum, MOL Sparkel, Hyundai Highness and Lady Hind carrying four container ships and bulk cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths. A container ship namely Bunga Raya Tiga expected to sail on Monday, while two container ships namely Hyundai Highness and Marcampania are expected to sail on Tuesday.
Six vessels viz Bunga Raya Tiga, STX Patriakos, MT Quetta, Galway Spirit, Arctic Bridge and Vinalines Sky carrying two container ships, crude oil tanker, naphtha carrier, mogas ship and coal carrier respectively due to arrive on Monday, while four vessels viz APL Coral, Conti Brisbane, Marilena and Genius Star-X Spirit carrying two container ships, diesel oil tanker and project cargo respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.