The Karachi Port handled 177,569 tonnes of cargo comprising 161,108 tonnes of import cargo and 16,461 tonnes of export cargo including 6,577 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 161,108 tonnes comprised of 49,400 tonnes of containerised cargo; 9,363 tonnes of general cargo; 27,231 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 21,239 tonnes of coal; 5,992 tonnes of DAP and 75,114 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 16,461 tonnes comprised of 15,341 tonnes of containerised cargo; 20 tonnes of general cargo and 1,100 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 6,577 containers comprising of 3,311 containers import and 3,266 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday. The breakup of imported containers shows 1,193 of 20's and 1,056 of 40's loaded while 6 of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 440 of 20's and 821 of 40's loaded containers while 484 of 20's and 350 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely Cape Marin, Padma, Chemroute Sun, Dragon Fortune, Kmarin Genoa, Mito and Salzgitter carrying containers, oil tankers, coal, steel and vehicle respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were three vessels viz. Kota Lembah, Padma and DL Clover carrying containers and chemical respectively currently at the berths. There were four ships namely Ever Divine, MOL Dominance, Gladiator and DL Clover carrying containers, coal and chemical respectively sailed out to sea on Friday, while three ships namely Kota Lembah, YM Excellence and Advance Victoria carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Saturday.
There were two vessels viz. MT Shalamar and Ebony Ray carrying oil tankers due to arrive on Friday while three vessels viz. APL Japan, Oriental Sakura and Uni Wealth carrying containers, oil tanker and palm kernal respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.