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Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

28 Aug, 2014

The Karachi Port handled 80,372 tonnes of cargo comprising 45,206 tonnes of import cargo and 35,166 tonnes of export cargo including 5,181 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 45,206 tonnes comprised of 29,391 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,968 tonnes of general cargo; 6,941 tonnes of bulk cargo: 4,747 tonnes of DAP; 1,128 tonnes of soyabean meal; 1,066 tonnes of palm kernal and 906 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 35,166 tonnes comprised of 28,982 tonnes of containerised cargo; 864 tonnes of cement and 5,320 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,181 containers comprising 2,500 containers import and 2,681 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 573 of 20's and 848 40's loaded while 231 of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 727 of 20's and 476 of 40's loaded containers while 238 of 20's and 382 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were eight ships namely ACX Crystal, Hyundai Vancouver, MOL Dignity, Bon Atlantico, Sichem Defince, Chang Hang Fu, Navios Astra and DL Pansy carrying containers, oil tankers, coal, bulk cargo and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were seven vessels viz. Eleni-1, YM Elixir, Bunga Lavender, Bochem Chennai, MT Karachi, SAS FBO Eco and Star Capella carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There were two ships namely Ponente and Bochem Chennai carrying containers and oil tanker sailed out to sea on Wednesday, while two ships namely Eleni-1 and YM Elixir carrying containers respectively are expected to sail on Thursday.
There was one vessel viz. EL Gurdabia carrying oil tanker due to arrive on Wednesday, while seven vessels viz. UNI Premier, Teera Bhum, APL Seattle, Makita, Bao Success, Pacific Dream and Atlas Explorer carrying containers, steel and oil tanker are due to arrive on Thursday.

The total export cargo of 27,562 tonnes includes 2,400 tonnes of chemical; 12,185 tonnes of cement and 12,977 tonnes of containerised cargo. As many as 1,270 containers comprising 587 containers import and 683 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday. There were four ships namely CV Asir, MV Vinalines Global, MV Atlantic Glory and MT Lahore sailed out sea on Wednesday morning, while two more ships namely MV Inlaco Brave and MT Oriental Oki are expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of ten vessels viz. CV Asir, CV MSC Irea, MV Ikan Pandan, MV Vinalines Global, MV Inlaco Brave, MT ECE Nurk, MV Atlantic Glory, MT Prosperity, MT Oriental Oki and MT Lahore currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, cement, rape seed, soya bean seeds, chemical, palm oil and furnace oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as seven ships namely CMA CGM Verdi, Desh Prem, MT Quetta, Ince Ilgaz, Genunie Hercules, Beach Galaxy and Ocean Future with containers, rape seed, furnace oil, chemical, phosphoric acid and wheat are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. There are six vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Verdi, CV Safmarine Ngami, CV Maersk Columbus, MT Ince Ilgaz, MV Desh Prem and MT Genunie Hercules carrying containers, rape seed, chemical and furnace oil expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal, FAP Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday. There are two ships namely CV APL Oman and CV ER Denmark with containers due to arrive on Wednesday.

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