The Karachi Port handled 125,800 tonnes of cargo comprising 78,221 tonnes of import cargo and 47,579 tonnes of export cargo including 4,549 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday.T he total import cargo of 78,221 tonnes comprised 20,966 tonnes of containerised cargo; 12,701 tonnes of general cargo; 8,007 tonnes of DAP and 36,547 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 47,579 tonnes comprised 38,406 tonnes of containerised cargo; 155 tonnes of general cargo; 9,018 tonnes of bulk cargo: 7,834 tonnes of cement and 1,184 tonnes of loose bulk cement. As many as 4,549 containers comprising 1,359 containers import and 3,190 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The brakeup of imported containers shows 623 of 20's and 363 of 40's loaded while 4 of 20's and 3 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 804 of 20's and 591 of 40's loaded containers while 372 of 20's and 416 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There are three ships namely Northern Power, Hanjin Durban and Amber Arrow with two container ships and one vehicle carrier respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There are two vessels viz Alice Rickmers and Hyundai General with two container ships respectively are currently at the berths. There are four ships namely Santa Rosa, Bulk Arrow, Delfa and Beacon SW with one container ship, two cement carriers and one DAP carrier respectively sailed out to sea on Tuesday, while two ships namely Hyundai General and Stolt Endurance with one container ship and one chemicals carrier respectively are expected to sail on Wednesday.
There is one vessel viz Chemroute Sun with one ethanol tanker due to arrive on Tuesday, while four vessels viz Northern Prelude, Pona, Oriental Marguerite and King Success with two container ships, one ethanol tanker and one general cargo ship respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.