Activities at Karachi and Qasim Ports

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Activities at Karachi and Qasim Ports

19 Dec, 2017

The Karachi Port handled 254,480 tonnes of cargo comprising 158,320 tonnes of import cargo and 96,160 tonnes of export cargo including 4,235 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 158,320 tonnes comprised of 71,578 tonnes of containerised cargo; 918 tonnes of general cargo; 11,828 tonnes of bulk cargo: 7,285 tonnes of soyabean seeds; 4,543 tonnes of fertilizer and 73,996 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 96,160 tonnes comprised of 76,647 tonnes of containerised cargo; 453 tonnes of general cargo and 19,060 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 4,235 containers comprising of 1,963 containers import and 2,272 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday. The breakup of imported containers shows 591 of 20's and 656 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 30 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 476 of 20's and 363 of 40's loaded containers while 296 of 20's and 387 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were thirteen ships namely CMA CGM Figaro, Northern Dedication, Cali, Northern Dependant, APL Austria, Songa Calabria, Prosper, Virgo, Densa Alligator, SCF Pioneer, UACC Ibn Al Haitham, Kapta Mathios and Yangtze Ambition carrying containers, oil tankers, mogas, DAP and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were ten vessels viz. Talassa, Songa Calabria, Prosper, Virgo, Cosco Durban, Wiking, X-Press Kailash, Sunray, Maistros and Golden Ray carrying containers, oil tanker, mogas and chemical respectively currently at the berths.
There were six ships namely Wiking, X-Press Kailash, Talassa, FSL London, Maistros and Golden Ray carrying containers, oil tanker, mogas and chemical respectively sailed out to sea on Monday. There were three vessels Tirua, YM Wealth and Union Trader carrying containers and coal respectively due to arrive on Monday, while seven vessels viz. Hyundai Force, Sima Genesis, Bunga Lavender, Unique Developer, SBI Lyra, Athos and Chipolbrok Atlantic carrying containers, chemical, mogas, coal and general cargo respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.

A cargo volume of 53,403 tonnes comprising 8,820 tonnes of import cargo and 44,583 tonnes of export cargo including 2,547 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The total import cargo of 8,820 tonnes includes 8,820 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 44,583 tonnes includes 44,583 tonnes of containerised cargo.
As many as 2,547 containers comprising of 424 containers import and 2,123 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday. There was one ship namely CV Safmarin Nyassa carrying containers sailed out to sea on Monday morning, while four ships namely CV CMA CGM Figaro, MV Sakizaya Miracle, MT Chemroad Quest and MT Ginga Kite carrying containers, canola, chemical and palm oil respectively are expected to sail on the same day afternoon.
A total number of eight vessels were currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, canola seeds, LPG, crude oil and palm oil respectively during the last 24 hours. As many as thirteen ships namely CV MSC Bilbao, MV Bao Success, MV Adafera, MV Panoco Anis, MV Sea Future, MV Aptalots, MV Kirri Billi, MV GH Rough Habit, MV SC Zhu Hai, MT Maria-III, MT Ever Rich-6, MT Valie Binaca and MT Sloman Hestia carrying containers, general cargo, condenset, canola, rice, coal, chemical, LPG, diesel oil and palm oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.
There were five vessels viz. CV MSC Bilbao, CV MSC Pina, MV Aptalots, MV SC Zhu Hai and MT Al Noman carrying containers, canola, chemical and LNG respectively expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal, Grain & Fertilizer Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and Engro Energy Terminal respectively on Monday. There were three ships namely CV MSC Al Ghero, CV Suez Canal and CV Maersk Kensington carrying containers respectively due to arrive on Tuesday.

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