The Karachi Port handled 234,866 tonnes of cargo comprising 151,664 tonnes of import cargo and 83,202 tonnes of export cargo including 4,067 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday.
The total import cargo of 151,664 tonnes comprised of 43,952 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,671 tonnes of general cargo; 67,836 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 50,011 tonnes of coal; 11,532 tonnes of DAP; 330 tonnes of iron steel; 5,963 tonnes of palm kernel expeller and 32,205 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 83,202 tonnes comprised of 45,168 tonnes of containerised cargo; 389 tonnes of general cargo; 16,198 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 2,950 tonnes of iron steel, 13,248 tonnes of genral cargo and 21,447 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 4,067 containers comprising of 2,019 containers import and 2,048 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday. The break-up of imported containers shows 227 of 20's and 853 of 40's loaded while 106 of 20's and 08 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 598 of 20's and 215 of 40's loaded containers while 96 of 20's and 462 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were twelve ships namely Alexandria Bridge, Osaka Tower, Al Farahidi, Hamburg Bay, Asprouda, Aditya, Positive Pioneer, Ince Akdeniz, Destiny, Rainbow Joy, Glad Mark and Pacific Leader carrying containers, oil tanker, coal, vehicle, bulk cargo and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were nine vessels viz. MSC Imma, Batam Trader, APL Coral, Alpine Mystery, KS Adonis, Lion M, Positive Pioneer and IVS Windsor carrying containers, oil tankers, coal, vehicle and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There are three ships namely Batam Trader, Newark and Hermione carrying containers and oil tanker respectively sailed out to sea on Monday while two ships namely Lissy Schulte and Alpine Mystery carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Tuesday.
There were two vessels viz. Wide India and Cape Marin carrying containers due to arrive on Monday while seven vessels viz. YM Enlightenment, Ever Devine, Glovis Magellan, Mare Forum, Wquinox Glory, Lombardia and Trans Han carrying containers, coal, DAP and general cargo respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.