The Karachi Port handled 181,237 tonnes of cargo comprising 140,832 tonnes of import cargo and 40,405 tonnes of export cargo including 4,238 loaded & empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 140,832 tonnes comprised 27,432 tonnes of containerised cargo; 200 tonnes of general cargo; 27,857 tonnes of bulk cargo: 14,000 tonnes of coal; 3,752 tonnes of DAP; 605 tonnes of desiccated; 9,500 tonnes of coke and 85,343 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 40,405 tonnes comprised 19,545 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,134 tonnes of general cargo; 15,226 tonnes of bulk cargo: and 226 tonnes of sugar; 15,000 tonnes of talcum powder and 4,500 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 4,238 containers comprising 2,935 containers import and 1,303 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The brakeup of imported containers shows 869 of 20's and 515 of 40's loaded while 1,034 of 20's and 1 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 510 of 20's and 258 of 40's loaded containers while 203 of 20's and 37 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. Two ships namely Jolly and Torm Anne with one container ship and one oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Six vessels viz Salis, Hyundai Bangkok, STX Patriakos, MT Lahore, Prisco Ektarina and Equinox Dawn with three container ships, two oil tankers and one bulk cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths. One oil tanker MT Lahore sailed out to sea on Tuesday, while two ships namely CV STX Patriakos and MV Mandarine Noble carrying one container ship and one talcum powder carrier respectively are expected to sail on Wednesday.
Six vessels viz APL Brisbane, Naxihe, UASC Shuwaikh, OEL Trust, Ozay-5 and Azerbaijan with four container ships, one chemicals carrier and one crude oil tanker respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday, while six vessels viz Tabea, Kota Gembira, APL Chicago, Aysan, Capri Cement and Ioanna D with four container ships, one cement carrier and one steel ship respectively are due to arrive on Thursday.