The Karachi Port handled 119,092 tonnes of cargo comprising 91,272 tonnes of import cargo and 27,820 tonnes of export cargo including 6,348 loaded & empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday. The total import cargo of 91,272 tonnes comprised 49,914 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,235 tonnes of general cargo and 40,123 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. The total export cargo of 27,820 tonnes comprised 26,469 tonnes of containerised cargo; 651 tonnes of general cargo and 700 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 6,348 containers comprising 3,732 containers import and 2,616 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Saturday. The brakeup of imported containers shows 1,287 of 20's and 1,056 of 40's loaded while 141 of 20's and 96 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 660 of 20's and 484 of 40's loaded containers while 322 of 20's and 333 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There are five ships with one container ships, three oil tankers and one general cargo ship respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There are six vessels carrying three container ships, one general cargo ship and two oil tankers respectively are currently at the berths.