The Karachi Port handled 53,306 tonnes of cargo including 29,121 tonnes of import, 24,185 tonnes of export cargo and 1,735 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during the last 24 hours of business activities ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 29,121 tonnes comprised of 12,544 tonnes of total containerised cargo; 938 tonnes of b bulk cargo; 1,072 tonnes of coal; 3,550 tonnes of rock phosphate and 6,081 tonnes of oil or liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 24,185 tonnes comprised of 8,210 tonnes of total containerised cargo; 947 tonnes of b bulk cargo; 3,816 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 16,148 tonnes of oil or liquid cargo. A total number of five vessels namely Marilena, Queen Arrow-1, Sioux Maiden, Lodestar Genesis and APL Cyprine are sailed out to the sea after loading/offloading loaded tankers, bulk cargo, tankers and containerised cargo respectively during the reported business period on Thursday.
A total number of five vessels namely Grace Victoria, KY Venus, APL Cyprine, Santa Balbina and New horizone are currently at the berths to load/offload tankers, containerised cargo and general; cargo containers respectively during the reported business hours at Karachi Port. There are three vessels namely KY Venus, MED Levant and Cap Gabriel are expected to sail out to the sea on Thursday. While there are two more cargo vessels namely Fade-1 and Grace Victoria are expected to sail out to the sea on Friday from the same port.
There are five vessels namely Maistros, YM Fuzhou, Frisia Keil, Alliance Charleston and Oceanic Pescadores carrying high speed diesel, containerised cargo, vehicles cargo and general cargo respectively are expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon during the business activity hours at the port. While a total number four more cargo vessels namely Ginga Kite, Bloccom, Emirates Yangtze and APL Sharjah carrying base oil, chemical cargo containers and containerised cargo respectively are expected to arrive on Friday.