The Karachi Port handled 231,728 tonnes of cargo comprising 150,877 tonnes of import cargo and 80,851 tonnes of export cargo including 3,490 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargos of 150,877 tonnes comprised of 55,941 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,384 tonnes of bulk cargo; 11,500 tonnes of soyabean seeds; 2,600 tonnes of rock phosphate and 78,452 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargos of 80,851 tonnes comprised of 68,035 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,186 tonnes of bulk cargo and 11,630 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
As many as 3,490 containers comprising of 916 containers import and 2,574 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 331 of 20's and 204 of 40's loaded while 21 of 20's and 77 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 408 of 20's and 300 of 40's loaded containers while 74 of 20's and 746 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were eight ships namely CMA CGM Norma, YM Fortune, Szczecin Trader, Los Angeles Trader, Northern Discovery, Hafnia America, MT Khairpur and Aquila carrying containers, oil tanker, mogas and tug respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were seven vessels viz. MP The Belichick, TSM Pollux, Maria Bottiglieri, Interlink Levity, Aquila, Skylight and Chipolbrok Sun carrying containers, oil tankers, wheat, tug and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.