Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 96,176 tonnes of cargo including 71,797 tonnes of import cargo and 24,379 tonnes of export cargo during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 71,797 tonnes comprised of 30,201 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,596 tonnes of general cargo and 40,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 24,379 tonnes comprised of 14,141 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,847 tonnes of general cargo and 7,391 tonnes of cement. Six ships namely Al-Badiyah, Bunga Raya Lima, APL Amman, MOL Sea Breeze, Freedom and Ital Onesta with oil tanker, three container ships, car carrier and container ship sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Six vessels viz MT Lahore, YM Europe, Alliance Charleston, MSC Peggy, Arikun and Kota Arif carrying oil tanker, container ship, car carrier, container ship, bulk cargo carrier and container ship respectively are currently at the berths. Three ships namely Alliance Charleston, YM Europe and Cape Sorrell with car carrier and two container ships respectively expected to sail on Tuesday, while three ships namely Hestia Leader, MT Lahore and Heugaard Scan carrying vehicles carrier, oil tanker and general cargo carrier expected to sail on Wednesday.
Three vessels viz Royal Jasper, Hestia Leader and Sofia with chemical carrier, vehicles carrier and steel coils respectively due to arrive on Tuesday, while five vessels viz Adventure, Mitra Bhum, Hanjin Rome, Qatar Spirit and UCB Cyprus with jet oil, two container ships, coal ship and cement carrier respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.