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Activity at Karachi & Qasim ports

12 Feb, 2015

The Karachi Port handled 136,689 tonnes of cargo comprising 119,104 tonnes of import cargo and 17,585 tonnes of export cargo including 3,879 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 119,104 tonnes comprised of 35,751 tonnes of containerised cargo; 16,894 tonnes of general cargo; 2,199 tonnes of soyabean meal and 64,260 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 17,585 tonnes comprised of 2,198 tonnes of containerised cargo and 56 tonnes of general cargo; 12,756 tonnes of bulk cargo: 5,197 tonnes of rice and 7,559 tonnes of talcum powder and 2,575 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 3,879 containers comprising of 3,002 containers import and 877 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 655 of 20's and 1,037 of 40's loaded while 129 of 20's and 72 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 51 of 20's and 37 of 40's loaded containers while 196 of 20's and 278 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely ACX Crystal, UAFL Zanzibar, M Spirit and Mathawee Naree carrying containers, oil tanker and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were four vessels viz. YM Enlightenment, Commodore, Berganger and EL Zorro carrying containers and oil tankers respectively currently at the berths. There were three ships namely CSC Zhong Hai, EL Gurdabia and EL Zorro carrying containers and oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea on Wednesday, while six ships namely YM Enlightenment, Commodore, PAC Aries, Berganger, BW Zambesi and EL Zorro carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively are expected to sail on Thursday.
There were six vessel viz. Hyundai Confidence, Wan Hai-516, Ocean Sunrise, Sea Young, SC Zhu Hai and Klima carrying containers, mogas, oil tankers and cement respectively due to arrive on Wednesday, while another vessel viz. APL Seattle carrying containers is due to arrive on Thursday.

The total export cargo of 36,708 tonnes includes 3,439 tonnes of cement and 33,269 tonnes of containerised cargo. As many as 3,057 containers comprising of 1,306 containers import and 1,751 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday. There were three ships namely CV Al-Safat, MV Fareast Harmony and MV AS Olivia with containers, cement and phosphoric acid sailed out sea on Wednesday morning, while two more ships namely CV Ilse Wulf and MT Lahore carrying containers and furnace oil are expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of six vessels viz. CV Ilse Wulf, CV Al-Safat, MV Fareast Harmony, MV DL Dahlia, MV AS Olivia and MT Lahore currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, coal, phosphoric acid and furnace oil respectively during the last 24 hours. As many as four ships namely CMA CGM Musset, Globe Tanya, Chem Bull Dog and MT Lahore carrying containers, chemical, LPG and furnace oil at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim on Wednesday.
There were three vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Musset, CV Maersk Detroit and MT Karachi carrying containers and furnace oil expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday. There is one ship namely MT Azur with canola seeds due to arrive on Wednesday, while two more ships namely CV MSC CGM General and CV APL Oman with containers respectively are due to arrive on Thursday. There are four ships namely CV Hansa America, CV Palina, MV Shaker and MT Al-Soor-II carrying containers, project cargo and diesel oil respectively due to arrive as per schedule.

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