The Karachi Port handled 151,217 tonnes of cargo comprising 111,249 tonnes of import cargo and 39,968 tonnes of export cargo including 8,662 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 111,249 tonnes comprised of 50,199 tonnes of containerised cargo; 8,407 tonnes of general cargo; 48,627 tonnes of bulk cargo: 39,122 tonnes of coal; 3,175 tonnes of palm kernel expeller; 4,428 tonnes of fertilizer; 1,902 tonnes of soyabean meal and 4,016 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 39,968 tonnes comprised of 38,618 tonnes of containerised cargo; 150 tonnes of general cargo and 1,200 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 8,662 containers comprising of 3,287 containers import and 5,375 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday. The breakup of imported containers shows 1,550 of 20's and 868 of 40's loaded while 01 of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1,100 of 20's and 504 of 40's loaded containers while 1,251 of 20's and 1,008 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely Kota Karim, Maribor, Arabian Orchid and Hyun Ju carrying containers and oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were three vessels viz. MOL Explorer, Champion Tide and Bengal Orchid carrying containers and oil tankers respectively currently at the berths. There were three ships namely Maliakos, Peridot and Wide India carrying containers respectively sailed out to sea on Friday, while another ship namely MOL Explorer carrying containers is expected to sail on Saturday.
There were four vessels viz. APL Coral, Cosco Fukuyama, MT Quetta and IVS Gleneagles carrying containers, oil tanker and DAP respectively due to arrive on Friday while nine vessels viz. Northern Dependant, MSC Krittika, Hyundai Global, Crystal Sambus, Chemroad Fuji, Athina, IYO, Lina Hua Song and Bushra-VI carrying containers, white spirit, oil tankers, steel, railway bogies and general cargo respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.