KARACHI: Nearly, 9904 containers comprising of 4207 containers import and 5697 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday.
The break-up of imported containers shows 1058 of 20’s and 1354 of 40’s loaded while 27 of 20’s and 207 of 40’s empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 1988 of 20’s and 807 of 40’s loaded containers while 391 of 20’s and 852 of 40’s empty containers were handled during the business hours.
PORT QASIM
A total of 14 ships were occupied at PQA berths to load/offload Containers, General cargo, Coal, Soya bean, Chemicals, LNG, HSFO and Pam oil, out of them, six ships, Mumian Song, Mercury Ocean, Sloman Hebe, Gulf Moon, Cape Carmel and MSC Nile sailed on Monday morning, while two more ships, Container vessel ‘MSC Ishyka’ and Bulk cargo carrier ‘Alby Story are expected to sail from QICT and PIBT on today in the afternoon.
Cargo volume of 174,839 tonnes, comprising 120,762 tonnes imports cargo and 54,077 tonnes export cargo, including containerized cargo carried in 6,357 Containers (3,176 TEUs Imports and 3,181 TEUs export), was handled at the port during last 24 hours .
Six ships namely, Seamax New Haven, Maersk Brooklyn, Huang Yan Spirit, Ocean Harvest-1, Aristidis and Argent Daisy scheduled to load/offload Containers, Rice, Steel coil, Palm oil and Phosphoric Acid are expected to take berths at QICT, MW-1, MW-2, LCT and EVTL respectively on Monday, 13th September-2021, while two more Container ships, Maersk Sentosa and MSC Rachele are due to arrive at Port Qasim on Tuesday, 14th September-2021.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021
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