The Karachi Port handled 161,432 tonnes of cargo comprising 120,846 tonnes of import cargo and 40,502 tonnes of export cargo including 10,462 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday.
The total import cargos of 120,846 tonnes comprised of 78,149 tonnes of containerised cargo; 41 tonnes of bulk cargo; 6,962 tonnes of DAP; 2,599 tonnes of soyabean seeds; and 33,095 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargos of 40,502 tonnes comprised of 31,396 tonnes of containerised cargo; 460 tonnes of bulk cargo; 2,200 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo 4,670 tonnes of talc powder and 1,776 tonnes of rice.
As many as 10,462 containers comprising of 5,842 containers import and 4,620 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,500 of 20's and 1,975 of 40's loaded while 02 of 20's and 195 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 860 of 20's and 356 40's loaded containers while 954 20's and 1047 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were five ships namely Xin FU Zhou, Hua Lin Wan, Wehr Schulau, Kot Karim and M.T.Karachi carrying containers, and tanker respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were six vessels viz. Kota Karim, Cosco Japan, Navios Unison, Kota Layar and BW Boron carrying containers, and tanker, respectively currently at the berths.