The Karachi Port handled 130,711 tonnes of cargo comprising 82,420 tonnes of import cargo and 48,291 tonnes of export cargo including 5,784 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 82,420 tonnes comprised of 48,085 tonnes of containerised cargo; 375 tonnes of general cargo; 32,710 tonnes of total bulk cargo: 26,610 tonnes of coal; 6,100 tonnes of DAP and 1,250 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 48,291 tonnes comprised of 28,581 tonnes of containerised cargo; 50 tonnes of general cargo and 19,600 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,784 containers comprising of 3,497 containers import and 2,287 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,164 of 20's and 997 of 40's loaded while 159 of 20's and 90 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 942 of 20's and 163 of 40's loaded containers while 317 of 20's and 351 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were eight ships namely MSC Chiara, Hyundai Brave, Newark, Northern Genius, Maritime Dinar, Global Hope, Ikan Senyur and White Coral carrying containers, oil tankers, coal and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were nine vessels viz. Northern Dependant, Newark, Cosco Sao Paulo, Hyundai Singapore, Cosco Boston, APL Japan, Sea Ambition, Torvancer and White Coral carrying containers, oil tankers and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were two ships namely Sea Ambition and Tian A Zuo carrying oil tanker and coal respectively sailed out to sea on Tuesday while three ships namely Bomar Rissen, Hyundai Singapore and Cosco Boston carrying containers are expected to sail on Wednesday.
There are seven vessels Osaka Tower, Venice Bridge, Bright World, Nave Polaris, Dong A Glaucos, Mohar and Pindos carrying containers, chemical, unit, cement and coal respectively due to arrive on Wednesday.