Activities of Karachi Port and Port Qasim

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust handled 128,528 tonnes of cargo comprising 94,131 tonnes of import cargo and 34,397 tonnes of export cargo during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday.

The total import cargo of 94,131 comprised of 39,846 tonnes of Containerized Cargo, 1,131 tonnes of Bulk Cargo, 5,758 tonnes of Wheat, 5,870 tonnes of Yellow Soya Bean Seeds and 41,526 tonnes of Oil/Liquid Cargo.

The total export cargo of 34,397 tonnes comprised of 27,317 tonnes of containerized cargo, 180 tonnes of Bulk Cargo and 6,900 tonnes of Oil & Liquid Cargo.

Some 08 ships namely, Prime Ace, MT Karachi, Arman 10, APL Antwerp, Atlantic Pioneer, Long Beach Trader, Merry Star and Amoy Dream have berth at Karachi Port.

Nearly 04 ships namely, YM Excellence, Prime Ace, Cosco Rotterdam and MT Quetta sailed out from Karachi Port.

Approximately, 06 cargoes namely Kota Naked, Xinm Wu Han, Kyoto Express, NACC Vega, Teera BHUM and MOL Generosity were expected to arrive at the port.

PORT QASIM

Meanwhile four more ships, America, Express Athens, Lucy Ocean and Asia Liberty carrying Containers, Wheat and Palm oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours (.)

A total of 09 ships were engaged at PQA berths during the last 24 hours, out of them, three ships, Khairpur, Global King-I and Star Ploeg left the port on Wednesday morning, while another ship ‘Maersk Sensota’ is expected to sail on today in the afternoon.

Cargo throughput during last 24 hours stood at 173,212 tonnes, comprising 137,374 tonnes imports cargo and 35,838 tonnes export cargo, including containerized cargo carried in 4,519 Containers (2,580 TEUs Imports and 1,939 TEUs export) was handled at the Port.

There are 10 ships at Outer Anchorage of Port Qasim, out of them, five ships, Southern Robin, Gas Lotus, Lucy Ocean, Tectus and America & another ship, Teera Bhum carrying Chemicals, Wheat, Mogas and Containers are expected to take berths at MW-1, EVTL, FAP, FOTCO and QICT on Wednesday, 16th February, while three more ships, Express Athens, Irenes Ray and MSC Eyra are due to arrive at Port Qasim on Thursday, 17th February-2022.

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