Activities at Karachi and Qasim ports

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Activities at Karachi and Qasim ports

06 Jul, 2017

The Karachi Port handled 153,869 tonnes of cargo comprising 127,782 tonnes of import cargo and 26,087 tonnes of export cargo including 6,629 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 127,782 tonnes comprised of 36,416 tonnes of containerised cargo; 3,481 tonnes of general cargo; 20,946 tonnes of bulk cargo: 10,267 tonnes of coal; 2,654 tonnes of soyabean meal; 1,474 tonnes of steel scrap; 6,551 tonnes of fertilizer and 66,939 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 26,087 tonnes comprised of 26,014 tonnes of containerised cargo and 73 tonnes of general cargo. As many as 6,629 containers comprising of 2,556 containers import and 4,073 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 819 of 20's and 806 of 40's loaded while 05 of 20's and 60 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 532 of 20's and 657 of 40's loaded containers while 629 of 20's and 799 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were eight ships namely Hyundai Force, Al Rawdah, ALS Apollo, Sea Master-IV, Nord Larkspur, Bhairavi, BBC Ursa and Han Ren carrying containers, oil tankers, chemical, steel and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were eight vessels viz. Ever Daimond, MSC Lara, Prosper, YM Keelung, MT Karachi, Intrepid Republic, Red Azalea and Serser carrying containers, oil tanker, chemical, coal and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There was one ship namely Intrepid Republic carrying chemical sailed out to sea on Wednesday, while two ships namely Kota Kamil and Ever Diamond carrying containers are expected to sail on Thursday.
There were six vessels viz. MOL Emerald, Bow Mekka, Pacific Bright, Glovis Captain, U Lucky and King Island carrying containers, chemical, coal, vehicle and general cargo respectively due to arrive on Wednesday while five vessels viz. Linus-P, Vinalines Sunrise, Skelt, Hony Future and Atlantic Clover carrying chemical, DAP, palm kernel, steel and general cargo respectively are due to arrive on Thursday. There are five vessels viz. Polo, Najran, APL Japan, CMA CGM Rossni and Dream Jasmine carrying containers and vehicle respectively due to arrive on Friday.

The total import cargo of 108,791 tonnes includes 38,655 tonnes of diesel oil; 16,800 tonnes of palm oil; 4,595 tonnes of soyabean; 519 tonnes of general cargo and 48,222 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 18,753 tonnes includes 13,357 tonnes of containerised cargo; 5,396 tonnes of cement. As many as 3,241 containers comprising of 2,238 containers import and 703 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
There was one ship namely MT Bahra carrying diesel oil sailed out to sea on Wednesday morning. A total number of ten vessels viz. CV Al-Ghero, CV X-Press Kailash, CV Northern Magnum, MV Eternal Trump, MV Da De, MV Wish Way, MT White Purl, MT Star Trader, MT Bahra and MT Genuine Galaxy currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, cement, dredger, general cargo, soyabean seeds, LPG, diesel oil and palm oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as fifteen ships namely MV Star Planet, MV Leto, MV Stena Immortial, MV Yang Ze Lo, MV Golden Catharine, MV Nautical Alice, MT Umm Bab, MT Jag Lavanya, MT New Naxos, MT Al-Soor-II, MT Harmion, MT Scirocco, MT Sky Ploeg, MT Bunga Almanda and MT Chemstar Tiger carrying soyabean, canola seeds, coal, LPG, furnace oil, diesel oil and palm oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.
There was one vessels viz. MT New Naxos carrying furnace oil expected to take berth at FOTCO Oil Terminal on Wednesday. There were six ships namely CV Rio Charleston, CV CCNI Arauco, MV Urine Bulker, MT Gas Log Seattle, Pavino Spirit and MT Pacific Panama carrying containers, steel coil, LPG and furnace oil respectively due to arrive on Wednesday. There is one ship namely CV Rio Charleston carrying containers due to arrive on Thursday.

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