The Karachi Port handled 139,335 tonnes of cargo comprising 116,357 tonnes of import cargo and 22,978 tonnes of export cargo including 6,104 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Tuesday.
The total import cargos of 116357 tonnes comprised of 44,090 tonnes of containerised cargo; 47 tonnes of Bulk Cargo; 4,420 tonnes of soya bean seeds and 67,800 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargos of 22,978 tonnes comprised of 22,322 tonnes of containerised cargo and 656 tonnes of bulk cargo.
As many as 6,104 containers comprising of 3,225 containers import and 2,879 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 735 of 20's and 1,210 of 40's loaded while ooo of 20's and 35 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 616 of 20's and 353 40's loaded containers while 00 20's and 35 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were five ships namely tabernacle Prince, Sakizaya Diamond, Chipolbrok Pacific, Hyundi Vancuver and Diyala carrying containers, cement, soya bean meal, general cargo and container respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were four vessels viz. Diyala, Ever Union, Aktear and APL Minnesota carrying containers and rice respectively currently at the berths.