The Karachi Port handled 89,591 tonnes of cargo comprising 57,176 tonnes of import cargo and 32,415 tonnes of export cargo including 4,392 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday. The total import cargo of 57,176 tonnes comprised of 31,126 tonnes of containerised cargo and 26,050 tonnes of bulk cargo.
The total export cargo of 32,415 tonnes comprised of 12,955 tonnes of containerised cargo; 337 tonnes of general cargo; 643 tonnes of bulk cargo and 18,480 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. A total number of 4,392 containers comprising 2,647 containers import and 1,745 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Saturday.
The brake up of imported containers shows 676 of 20's and 871 of 40's of loaded while 199 of 20's and 15 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 426 of 20's and 111 of 40's loaded containers while and 329 of 20's 384 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. Four ships carrying three oil tankers and one container ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Five vessels with four container ships and one oil tanker respectively are currently at the berths.