The Karachi Port handled 99,736 tonnes of cargo comprising 69,284 tonnes of import cargo and 30,452 tonnes of export cargo including 3,012 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 69,284 tonnes comprised of 8,382 tonnes of containerised cargo; 19,740 tonnes of coal and 41,162 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 30,452 tonnes comprised of 21,243 tonnes of containerised cargo; 555 tonnes of general cargo; 624 tonnes of bulk cargo: and 234 tonnes of cement; 390 tonnes of sugar and 8,030 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. A total number of 3,012 containers comprising 480 containers import and 2,532 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday.
The brake up of imported containers shows 268 of 20's and 106 of 40's of loaded while nil of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 570 of 20's and 499 of 40's loaded containers while and 58 of 20's 453 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
Six ships namely Royal Crystal-7, Fotini Lady, MT Karachi, Apulia, Cape Verdi and Thai Long carrying three oil tankers, two container ships and one bulk cargo ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Five vessels viz Alpine Melina, Al-Kividas, Zeynep A, Medi Shanghai and Jmsdf Kashima with three oil tankers, one bulk cargo ship and one naval ship respectively are currently at the berths.
One oil tanker namely Zeynep A sailed out to sea on Friday, while three ships namely Alpine Melina, Al-Kividas and Naxihe with two oil tankers and one container ship respectively are expected to sail on Saturday. Five vessels viz BSL India Express, Wan Hai-601, Asian Trader, UASC Shuwaikh and Clipper Golfito carrying four container ships and one ethanol ship respectively due to arrive on Saturday, while three vessels viz ELO Perdana, Jolly and Angelina the Grate-N with two container ships and one rock phosphate carrier respectively are due to arrive on Sunday.