The Karachi Port handled 126,149 tonnes of cargo comprising 90,029 tonnes of import cargo and 36,120 tonnes of export cargo including 6,540 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 90,029 tonnes comprised 44,550 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,643 tonnes of general cargo; 3,836 tonnes of DAP and 40,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 36,120 tonnes comprised 31,442 tonnes of containerised cargo; 207 tonnes of general cargo; 4,471 tonnes of bulk cargo: 3,135 tonnes of cement and 1,336 tonnes of talcum powder. As many as 6,540 containers comprising 3,757 containers import and 2,783 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday.
The brakeup of imported containers shows 949 of 20's and 1,257 of 40's loaded while 92 of 20's and 101 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 970 of 20's and 200 of 40's loaded containers while 165 of 20's and 624 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There are two ships namely Oriental Marguerite and Oriental Gold with two oil tankers sailed out to sea during the reported period. There are four vessels viz Wan Hai-605, Callao Bridge, Oriental Marguerite and Alpine Aqualina with two container ships and two oil tankers respectively are currently at the berths.
There are three ships namely UAFL Zanzibar, Wan Hai-605 and Alpine Aqualina with two container ships and one oil tanker sailed out to sea on Friday, while three ships namely Cape Verde, Naxi HE and Ebn Batuta with two container ships and one oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Saturday.
There are two vessels viz Alice Rickmers and Blue Arrow with one container ship and one cement carrier respectively due to arrive on Friday, while two vessels viz MT Karachi and Stolt Endurane with one container ship and one ethanol tanker respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.