The Karachi Port handled 214,073 tonnes of cargo comprising 180,903 tonnes of import cargo and 33,170 tonnes of export cargo including 6,640 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 180,903 tonnes comprised of 52,240 tonnes of containerised cargo; 48,208 tonnes of bulk cargo: 32,387 tonnes of coal; 7,926 tonnes of DAP; 1,399 tonnes of soyabean meal; 6,496 tonnes of rock phosphate and 80,455 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 33,170 tonnes comprised of 27,744 tonnes of containerised cargo; 126 tonnes of general cargo and 5,300 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 6,640 containers comprising of 3,226 containers import and 3,414 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,322 of 20's and 875 of 40's loaded while 04 of 20's and 75 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 780 of 20's and 231 of 40's loaded containers while 638 of 20's and 767 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were six ships namely Vecchio Bridge, Ever Diamond, Kota Karim, Sea Crystal, IVS Gleneagles and Storm Rider carrying containers, chemical, coal and steel respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were six vessels viz. Kota Karim, Vania, Cosco Haifa, CTG Bismuth, Al Yasat-II and Nowowiejski carrying containers, oil tanker, rock phosphate and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There were five ships namely Vania, Taroko, YM Enlightenment, MT Quetta and Alam Molek carrying containers, oil tanker and coal respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday, while three ships namely Sima Giselle, Everrich-5 and Marylaki carrying containers, oil tanker and DAP 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. Sabya, Cora, Najdiah, Leader Da Kang and Mandarin Sky carrying containers, oil tankers, mogas and project cargo respectively are due to arrive on Friday.