The Karachi Port handled 121,648 tonnes of cargo comprising 97,523 tonnes of import cargo and 24,125 tonnes of export cargo including 4,434 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 97,523 tonnes comprised of 37,488 tonnes of containerised cargo; 5,605 tonnes of general cargo; 2,349 tonnes of soyabean meal and 52,081 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. The total export cargo of 24,125 tonnes comprised of 19,398 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,327 tonnes of rice and 2,400 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 4,434 containers comprising of 2,847 containers import and 1,587 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday. The break-up of imported containers shows 724 of 20's and 977 of 40's loaded while 15 of 20's and 77 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 422 of 20's and 389 of 40's loaded containers while 15 of 20's and 186 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely Cosco Haifa, Hyundai Oakland, Batam Trader and JO Pinari carrying containers and mogas respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were seven vessels viz. Kota Lembah, Hyundai Jakarta, Sima Giselle, Loyalty, Euro Strength, Chem Singapore and Ru Yi Song carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were two ships namely Chem Singapore and Loyalty carrying oil tankers sailed out to sea on Friday while two ships namely Hyundai Jakarta and Euro Strength carrying containers and oil tanker respectively are expected to sail on Saturday. There were three vessels Hyundai Brave, Marylisa-V and Aby SS carrying containers and oil tanker respectively due to arrive on Friday while six vessels viz. Hyundai Singapore, Ever Rich-2, MT Karachi, MT Lahore, Bright World and King Corn carrying containers, oil tankers, chemical and DAP respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.