The Karachi Port handled 71,779 tonnes of cargo comprising 57,567 tonnes of import cargo and 14,212 tonnes of export cargo including 3,482 loaded & empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 57,567 tonnes comprised 26,305 tonnes of containerised cargo; 116 tonnes of general cargo; 31,146 tonnes of bulk cargo: 16,500 tonnes of coal; 5,789 tonnes of DAP and 8,857 tonnes of rock phosphate.
The total export cargo of 14,212 tonnes comprised 12,412 tonnes of containerised cargo and 1,800 tonnes of cement. As many as 3,482 containers comprising 2,158 containers import and 1,324 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The brakeup of imported containers shows 535 of 20's and 752 of 40's loaded while 5 of 20's and 57 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 373 of 20's and 115 of 40's loaded containers while 329 of 20's and 196 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
Two ships namely Kota Ganteng and Al-Salam-II carrying one container ship and one oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. Two vessels viz Santa Rafeala and APL Brisbane with two container ships respectively are currently at the berths.
Two ships namely Four Kitakami and Lodestar Genesis with one coal carrier and one general cargo ship respectively are expected to sail on Friday. Four vessels viz OOCL Busan, MT Quetta, Mandarin River and Victori Star with one container ship, one crude oil tanker, one coal carrier and one project cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Friday, while four vessels viz Zante, Taban-1, MT Lahore and Noble Coral with two container ships, one crude oil tanker and one general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.