The Karachi Port handled 81,494 tonnes of cargo comprising 70,709 tonnes of import cargo and 10,785 tonnes of export cargo including 3,996 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 70,709 tonnes comprised of 30,088 tonnes of containerised cargo; 10,785 tonnes of bulk cargo: 5,820 tonnes of DAP; 3,651 tonnes of SB meal; 1,314 tonnes of urea and 29,836 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 10,785 tonnes comprised of 3,099 tonnes of containerised cargo; 100 tonnes of general cargo; 7,136 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 450 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 3,996 containers comprising of 2,382 containers import and 1,614 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 618 of 20's and 882 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 87 of 20's and 29 of 40's loaded containers while 567 of 20's and 451 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely Sima Prestige, X-Press Kailash, ST Aqua and Carolina Wind carrying containers and oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were seven vessels viz. X-Press Kailash, YM Excellence, Oriental Lotus, Bunga Laurel, Overseas Athens, NOCC Pamplona and Ocean Innovation carrying containers, oil tankers, vehicles and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There were two ships namely YM Excellence and NOCC Pamplona carrying containers and vehicles respectively sailed out to sea on Wednesday.
There were four vessels viz. MSC Carolina, Bahamas, Silver Phillippha and Al Mahboobah carrying containers, oil tanker and chemical respectively due to arrive on Wednesday, while six vessels viz. Stadt Marburg, Robert Rickmers, Kowie, MT Quetta, Shalamar and Grand Race carrying containers, oil tankers and vehicles respectively are due to arrive on Thursday.