The Karachi Port handled 107,921 tonnes of cargo comprising 58,496 tonnes of import cargo and 49,425 tonnes of export cargo including 4,605 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday The total import cargo of 58,496 tonnes comprised of 19,453 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,345 tonnes of general cargo; 9,214 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 7,000 tonnes of rock phosphate; 2,214 tonnes of DAP and 22,484 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 49,425 tonnes comprised of 32,275 tonnes of containerised cargo; 11,200 tonnes of iron powder and 5,950 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 4,605 containers comprising of 1,526 containers import and 3,079 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 403 of 20's and 548 of 40's loaded while 1 of 20's and 13 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 924 of 20's and 372 of 40's loaded containers while 145 of 20's and 633 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely Ital Milione, Hyundai Jakarta, Taroko, Rainbow Fairy, Malacca Highway, Globe Pegasus and Red Azalea carrying containers, stone, vehicle and DAP respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were four vessels viz. OOCL Italy, Ever Divine, Kota Kaya and Hosei-28 carrying containers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were two ships namely HS Everest and Serenity-1 carrying containers and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday while three ships namely Ever Divine, Bahra and Chemway Lara carrying containers and oil tankers respectively are expected to sail on Friday.
There was one vessel viz. Wan Hai-511 carrying containers due to arrive on Thursday, while six vessels viz. Al Farahidi, Bow Diamond, MT Quetta, Guneshei, Butinah and Ikan Sembak carrying containers, oil tanker, DAP and coal respectively are due to arrive on Friday.