The Karachi Port handled 101,295 tonnes of cargo comprising 71,210 tonnes of import cargo and 30,085 tonnes of export cargo including 3,364 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 71,210 tonnes comprised of 11,098 tonnes of containerised cargo; 211 tonnes of general cargo; 20,700 tonnes of coal and 39,201 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 30,085 tonnes comprised of 20,077 tonnes of containerised cargo; 3,468 tonnes of stone and 6,540 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 3,364 containers comprising of 754 containers import and 2,610 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 221 of 20's and 152 of 40's loaded while 57 of 20's and 86 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 383 of 20's and 309 of 40's loaded containers while 621 of 20's and 494 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely Hyundai Paramount, ER Helgoland, Kota Karim, APL Germany, MT Karachi, Oriental Freesia and Grand Vega carrying containers, oil tankers and vehicle respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were five vessels viz. YM Enlightenment, Sima Prestige, Scot Bayern, MT Quetta and Grand Vega carrying containers, oil tankers and vehicles respectively currently at the berths.
There is one ship namely MT Quetta carrying oil tanker expected to sail on Wednesday. There were three vessels viz. X-Press Kailash, Navigs Strength and Bunga Lucerne carrying containers, oil tanker and chemical respectively due to arrive on Tuesday while five vessels viz. Osaka Tower, Batam Trader, Hyundai Confidence, Northern Power and NOCC Pamolona carrying containers and vehicle respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.