The Karachi Port handled 138,889 tonnes of cargo comprising 96,656 tonnes of import cargo and 42,233 tonnes of export cargo including 5,448 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 96,656 tonnes comprised of 43,147 tonnes of containerised cargo; 28,021 tonnes of general cargo; 2,738 tonnes of bulk cargo: 654 tonnes of coal; 2,084 tonnes of DAP and 22,750 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 42,233 tonnes comprised of 20,893 tonnes of containerised cargo; 120 tonnes of general cargo; 5,570 tonnes of bulk cargo; 1,308 tonnes of cement; 4,262 tonnes of rice and 15,650 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 5,448 containers comprising of 2,958 containers import and 2,490 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,128 of 20's and 905 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 10 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 502 of 20's and 352 of 40's loaded containers while 456 of 20's and 414 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely PAC Aries, Commodore, Al-Salam-II, Maersk Promise, Alam Maju, Ocean Hope and Sea Lion-S carrying containers, oil tanker, coal, fertilizer and general cargo sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were eight vessels viz. OOCL Chicago, RHL Felicitas, Uni Premier, Nave Atropos, DL Cosmos, U-Lucky, Ocean Vendor and Taikli carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There are three ships namely RHL Felicitas, Pyxis Malou and U-Lucky carrying containers, oil tanker and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday, while three ships namely Uni Premier, DL Cosmos and Ocean Vendor carrying containers, oil tanker and general cargo are expected to sail on Friday.
There were five vessels viz. Northern Guild, APL Guangzhou, Hyundai Busan, Gulf Mist and Sheng Wanghai carrying containers, gas oil and steel respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while four vessels viz. Sudair, Royal Crystal, BW Zambesi and Alam Madu carrying containers, chemical, mogas and coal respectively are due to arrive on Friday.