The Karachi Port handled 67,195 tonnes of cargo comprising 35,508 tonnes of import cargo and 31,687 tonnes of export cargo including 4,887 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 35,508 tonnes comprised of 22,530 tonnes of containerised cargo; 12,478 tonnes of general cargo and 500 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 31,687 tonnes comprised of 26,325 tonnes of containerised cargo; 35 tonnes of general cargo and 5,327 tonnes of rice. As many as 4,887 containers comprising of 1,743 containers import and 3,144 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 596 of 20's and 385 of 40's loaded while 187 of 20's and 95 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1,298 of 20's and 639 of 40's loaded containers while 200 of 20's and 184 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely Hyundai Paramount, MOL Dignity, Tian E Zuo, Sapphire-T, BW Kronborg, Ocean Merry and Sunbay carrying containers, oil tankers, fertilizer and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were four vessels viz. Pona, Sima Prestige, Japan and Bum Shin carrying containers and oil tanker respectively currently at the berths.
There was one ship namely Shalamar carrying oil tanker sailed out to sea on Tuesday, while four ships namely APL Guangzhou, Lissy Schulte, Kota Karim and Thorco Sapphire carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Wednesday.
There were five vessels viz. Kota Karim, MT Quetta, CPO Australia, Tulip and Gloster-1 carrying containers, oil tankers and chemical respectively due to arrive on Tuesday, while three vessels viz. PAC Aries, BBC Spring and Interpid carrying containers, project cargo and talcum powder respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.