Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 108,425 tonnes of cargo including 66,706 tonnes of import cargo, 41,719 tonnes of export cargo and 5,084 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 66,706 tonnes comprised of 28,382 tonnes of containerised cargo; 25,696 tonnes of bulk cargo: 20,500 tonnes of coal; 3,549 tonnes of canola seeds; 1,647 tonnes of rice and 12,628 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 41,719 tonnes comprised of 22,505 tonnes of containerised cargo; 80 tonnes of general cargo; 19,134 tonnes of bulk cargo: 2,172 tonnes of cement; 15,653 tonnes of wheat and 1,309 tonnes of rice. Five ships namely Miramis, Mire, Uru Bhum, APL Japan and Bareli carrying ethanol, LSFO and three container ships respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Five vessels viz Cap Graham, Hs Challenger, Hanjin Rome, Violetta and Blossom carrying four container ships and oil tanker respectively are currently at the berths. Five ships namely Hs Challenger, Hanjin Rome, Violetta, Blossom and Ocean Jade with three container ships, oil tanker and coal carrier respectively expected to sail on Thursday, while four ships namely Cap Graham, BM Interpid, Kota Akbar and Reis-G with three container ships and wheat carrier are expected to sail on Friday.
Three vessels viz Chembulk Minneapol, Patriotic and Kota Akbar carrying tallow oil tanker, chemicals carrier and container ship respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while thirteen vessels viz Marilena, Quetta, Liwa, Oriental Chemi, Celina Star, Tandis, Ital Oceano, Caribbean Sea, CSL Ride, Marcampania, APL Sharjah, Ts Tokyo and OOCL Dalian carrying chemicals carriers, crude oil tanker, mogas, base oil tanker and nine container ships respectively are due to arrive on Friday.