The Karachi Port handled 186,154 tonnes of cargo comprising 151,774 tonnes of import cargo and 34,380 tonnes of export cargo including 5,158 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday. The total import cargo of 151,774 tonnes comprised of 43,339 tonnes of containerised cargo; 24,463 tonnes of bulk cargo and 83,972 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 34,380 tonnes comprised of 24,759 tonnes of containerised cargo; 423 tonnes of general cargo and 9,198 tonnes of bulk cargo. A total number of 5,158 containers comprising 3,143 containers import and 2,015 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Saturday.
The brake up of imported containers shows 1,073 of 20's and 1,031 of 40's of loaded while nil of 20's and 4 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 809 of 20's and 306 of 40's loaded containers while and 164 of 20's 215 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. Five ships with four container ships and one fertiliser carrier respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Two vessels carrying container ships respectively are currently at the berths.