The Karachi Port handled 103,441 tonnes of cargo comprising1 74,453 tonnes of import cargo and 28,988 tonnes of export cargo including 5,738 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 74,453 tonnes comprised of 45,694 tonnes of containerised cargo; 250 tonnes of general cargo and 28,509 tonnes of bulk cargo.
The total export cargo of 28,988 tonnes comprised of 28,039 tonnes of containerised cargo and 949 tonnes of bulk cargo. Twelve ships namely Greenwich Bridge, UASC Ramadi, Felicitas Rickmers, APL Sharjah, OOCL Dalian, Spar Orion, Avra, APL Bakri, Azalea Galaxy, Se Pelagica, UBC Cyprus and Pacific Embolden with five container ships, two coal carriers, one oil tanker, two general cargo ships, one cement carrier and one DAP carrier respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Six vessels viz Greenwich Bridge, MOL Bravery, UASC Ramadi, Hyundai Colombo, Se Pelagica and Sea Miror with four container ships, one general cargo ships and one bulk cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths. A container ship namely MOL Bravery sailed out to sea on Monday, while another container ship namely Hyundai Colombo is expected to sail on Tuesday. Two vessels viz Salis and Bruno Schulte with two container ships due to arrive on Monday, while two vessels viz MT Quetta and Colchester Castle with one crude oil tanker and one talcum powder carrier respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.