Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 62,344 tonnes of cargo including 38,004 tonnes of import cargo, 24,340 tonnes of export cargo and 2,059 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 38,004 tonnes comprised of 7,455 tonnes of containerised cargo; 549 tonnes of general cargo and 30,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 24,340 tonnes comprised of 14,462 tonnes of containerised cargo; 167 tonnes of general cargo; 3,611 tonnes of bulk cargo: 669 tonnes of cement; 2,270 tonnes of wheat; 672 tonnes of rice and 6,100 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Three ships namely YM Europe, Cape Manuel and Hanjin Durban carrying three container ships respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Three vessels viz Valdivia, King Brave and BBC Tennessee carrying container ship, general cargo ship and project cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths. An oil tanker namely Targale expected to sail on Wednesday, while three ships namely Valdivia, King Brave and BBC Tennessee and Oriental Protea with container ship, general cargo ship and project cargo ship respectively are expected to sail on Thursday.
Six vessels viz Trave Trader, Cape Gabriel, Prestige New York, Vera-9, Green Line and J.Friend with two container ships, vehicles carrier, coal ship, cement carrier and general cargo ship due to arrive on Wednesday, while eight vessels viz Ginga Kite, Kota Azam, Wan Hai-602, Hanjin Berlin, Al-Mirqab, President Truman, Lt.Genova and Northern Valanvce carrying base oil tanker and seven container ships respectively are due to arrive on Thursday.