The Karachi Port handled 66,347 tonnes of cargo including 38,816 tonnes of import cargo, 27,531 tonnes of export cargo and 3,384 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Saturday. The total import cargo of 38,816 tonnes comprised of 24,737 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,375 tonnes of general cargo; 5,519 tonnes of bulk cargo and 7,185 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 27,531 tonnes comprised of 23,898 tonnes of containerised cargo; 50 tonnes of general cargo; 3,583 tonnes of bulk cargo: 541 tonnes of cement; 2,368 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 431 tonnes of rice. Six ships namely MT Lahore, Emeks, Siam Singapore, MSC Peggy, Emirates Kanako and Freedom carrying oil tanker, ethanol carrier, three container ships and vehicles carrier respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Five vessels viz Dandle, Praia, Hanjin Paris, APL Sharjah and Dongbu Promy-2 carrying four container ships and oil tanker respectively are currently at the berths. Seven ships namely Praia, Hanjin Paris, APL Sharjah, Dongbu Promy-2, Marilena and Safina-2 carrying four container ships, oil tanker, LSD and cement respectively expected to sail on Sunday. Two vessels viz Kuniang and Rosy Falcon with chick peas carrier and wheat carrier due to arrive on Saturday, while nine vessels viz Dlace, MT Quetta, Violetta, MOL Seabreeze, Cape Maas, OEL Trust, APL Ruby, Kota Arif and Al-Mirqab carrying ethanol carrier, crude oil tanker and seven container ships respectively are due to arrive on Sunday.