The Karachi Port handled 177,588 tonnes of cargo comprising 135,414 tonnes of import cargo and 42,174 tonnes of export cargo including 6,429 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 135,414 tonnes comprised of 47,765 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,984 tonnes of general cargo; 50,665 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 40,328 tonnes of coal; 7,002 tonnes of food grains; 3,335 tonnes of soyabean meal and 29,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 42,174 tonnes comprised of 29,836 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2 tonnes of general cargo; 10,936 tonnes of total bulk cargo 7,936 tonnes of loose bulk cement; 3,000 tonnes of talcum powder and 1,400 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 6,429 containers comprising of 3,475 containers import and 2,954 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 1,235 of 20's and 993 of 40's loaded while 96 of 20's and 79 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 712 of 20's and 610 of 40's loaded containers while 246 of 20's and 388 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were seven ships namely Anke, MSC Lana, Bright World, Golden Denise, Maple Express, Maria and Soldoy carrying containers, oil tankers, steel and coal respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were eight vessels viz. Ital Laguna, Seadream, Ponente, Golden Denise, Leapord, Al Jalaa, Dubai Ambassador and Soldoy carrying containers, oil tankers and coal respectively currently at the berths.
There were three ships namely Taroko, APL Pearl and Liberty carrying containers and coal respectively sailed out to sea on Wednesday. There were seven vessels viz. Hyundai Highness, MOL Dedication, Wan Hai-511, Nord Sakura, Milos, Alam Mutiara and Han Peng carrying containers, oil tankers, coal and project cargo respectively due to arrive on Wednesday while another vessel viz. Uni Prudent carrying containers is due to arrive on Thursday.