The Karachi Port handled 204,874 tonnes of cargo comprising 166,666 tonnes of import cargo and 38,208 tonnes of export cargo including 6,375 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday.
The total import cargo of 166,666 tonnes comprised of 53,312 tonnes of containerised cargo; 21,039 tonnes of general cargo; 43,315 tonnes of coal and 49,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 38,208 tonnes comprised of 34,219 tonnes of containerised cargo; 10 tonnes of general cargo and 3,979 tonnes of rice.
As many as 6,375 containers comprising of 3,717 containers import and 2,658 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,239 of 20's and 1,031 of 40's loaded while 26 of 20's and 195 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1,250 of 20's and 149 of 40's loaded containers while 302 of 20's and 404 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were six ships namely APL Pearl, Octaden, Glovis Captain, CNS Handan, Shengshi 2 Hao and Zhe Jia Wen Gong-3 carrying containers, chemical, vehicle, navy ship and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were three vessels viz. Hyundai Oakland, MT Quetta and Glovis Captain carrying containers, oil tanker and vehicle respectively currently at the berths.
There were seven ships namely KMTC Mumbai, Cosco Wellington, MT Quetta, Glovis Melody, Bulk Chile, Eagle Strait and Jia Mao Shan carrying containers, oil tanker, coal and steel respectively sailed out to sea on Wednesday while four ships namely Kota Karim, Cosco Haifa, Cape Marin and Al-Soor-II carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Thursday.
There were three vessels viz. Shanghai Trader, MOL Endowment and Salz Gitter carrying containers and unit due to arrive on Wednesday while four vessels viz. Kota Lembah, Hyundai Brave, Golden Denise and Al Mahboobah carrying containers, oil tanker and chemical respectively are due to arrive on Thursday.