The Karachi Port handled 106,378 tonnes of cargo comprising 89,941 tonnes of import cargo and 16,437 tonnes of export cargo including 4,700 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday.
The total import cargos of 89,941 tonnes comprised of 30,669 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,481 tonnes of chemical and 57,791 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargos of 16,437 tonnes comprised of 16,437 tonnes of containerised cargo. As many as 4,700 containers comprising of 1,940 containers of import and 2,760 containers of export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 932 of 20's and 477 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 27 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 253 of 20's and 541 of 40's loaded containers while 729 of 20's and 348 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were four ships namely Rome Express, Ever Ursula, Utrillo and Rainbow Island-88 carrying containers and chemical respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were six vessels viz. Express Bardsey, Utrillo, Sea King, Eastern Chemi, Rainbow Island-88 and Marmund carrying containers, tankers, chemical and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There is one ship namely Hafnia Europe carrying mogas expected to sail on Friday while another ship namely Express Bardsey carrying containers is expected to sail on Saturday. There is one vessel viz. Telemann carrying containers due to arrive on Friday while six more vessels viz. Hyundai Long, Shiling, Smiley Lady, Blue Moon, Bow Santos and Grand Hermes carrying containers, tanker, chemical and general cargo respectively are expected to arrive on Saturday.