Activities at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 163,803 tonnes of cargo comprising 133,854 tonnes of import cargo and 29,949 tonnes of export cargo including 5,535 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 133,854 tonnes comprised of 34,920 tonnes of containerised cargo; 48,557 tonnes of bulk cargo: 44,009 tonnes of coal; 4,548 tonnes of DAP and 50,377 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 29,949 tonnes comprised of 27,735 tonnes of containerised cargo; 178 tonnes of general cargo; 636 tonnes of cement and 1,400 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,535 containers comprising 2,682 containers import and 2,853 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Friday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 718 of 20's and 943 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 39 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 619 of 20's and 477 of 40's loaded containers while 312 of 20's and 484 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were twelve ships namely Queens Quay, Niara, PAC Aries, Ital Moderna, MSC Jenny, Japan, Panagia Lady, Bofors, Atlantic, Kontatinos, Li Dian-2 and Maha-B carrying containers, oil tanker, tug, fertilizer, coal and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were six vessels viz. MSC Jenny, Kota Kamil, APL Seattle, Hyundai Bangkok, Bon Atlantico and Dong Ting Hu carrying containers and oil tankers respectively currently at the berths. There were three ships namely Dong Ting Hu, Bahra and Bon Atlantico carrying oil tankers respectively sailed out to sea on Friday, while three ships namely Hyundai Bangkok, APJ Shirin and United Miravalles carrying containers, coal and DAP respectively are expected to sail on Saturday.
There were three vessels viz. Elini-1, Mid Fortune and Sifnos carrying containers, oil tanker and general cargo respectively due to arrive on Friday, while six vessels viz. Talassa, Hanjin Scarlet, Neptune-D, Oriental Emerald, Oriental Clematis and Chang Hang Run carrying containers, oil tanker, mogas and coal respectively are due to arrive on Saturday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 53,521 tonnes comprising 31,828 tonnes of import cargo and 21,693 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 1,984 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 31,828 tonnes includes 38,324 tonnes of diesel oil; 14,423 tonnes of edible oil; 3,800 tonnes of urea and 12,306 tonnes of containerised cargo.
The total export cargo includes 21,693 tonnes of containerised cargo. There were three ships namely CV Bux Contact, MV Bright World and MT Argent Iris with containers, chemical and edible oil sailed out sea on Friday morning, while two more ships namely CV Dubai Express and MV KN Forest with containers and cement/ steel coil are expected to sail on the same day afternoon. A total number of six vessels viz. CV Dubai Express, CV Bux Contact, MV KN Forest, MV Golden Trader, MV Bright World and MT Argent Iris currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, cement/steel coil, urea, chemical and edible oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as four ships namely Rio Blanco, Legacy, MT Quetta and Ghetty Bottigliere with containers, canola, furnace oil and edible oil are currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. There were three vessels with containers and chemical took berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and Engro Vopak Terminal respectively on Thursday. There are three ships namely CV Rio Blanco, MT Quetta and MT Ghetty Bottigliere with containers, furnace oil and edible oil due to arrive on Friday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2014