The Karachi Port handled 232,278 tonnes of cargo comprising 174,575 tonnes of import cargo and 57,703 tonnes of export cargo including 7,816 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 174,575 tonnes comprised of 27,992 tonnes of containerised cargo; 35,679 tonnes of general cargo; 37,364 tonnes of bulk cargo: 20,979 tonnes of coal; 3,654 tonnes of DAP; 12,731 tonnes of SB meal and 73,540 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 57,703 tonnes comprised of 55,043 tonnes of containerised cargo and 2,660 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 7,816 containers comprising of 4,506 containers import and 3,310 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,404 of 20's and 1,550 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 1 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1,028 of 20's and 422 of 40's loaded containers while 278 of 20's and 580 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were nine ships namely Hyundai Confidence, OEL Dubai, Fowairet, Bum Shin, Kiran Caribbean, ER Brest, Grand Quest, Dione Leader and CSC Zhong Hai carrying containers, oil tanker, coal, vehicles and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were eight vessels viz. OEL Dubai, Kota Kaya, Hanjin White, APL Coral, MT Lahore, Spar Gemini, Dione Leader and Grand Quest carrying containers, oil tanker, fertilizer and vehicles respectively currently at the berths. There were three ships namely Hanjin White, MT Lahore and Chang Hang Hong Tu carrying containers and oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea on Monday, while another ship namely Kota Kaya carrying containers is expected to sail on Tuesday.
There were three vessels Corvette, Bomar Spring and U Lucky carrying containers and steel respectively due to arrive on Monday, while four vessels viz. Shalamar, Cygnus Ocean, Sea Dolphin C and Hyundai Sunrise carrying oil tanker, DAP and steel plate respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.