Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 144,126 tonnes of cargo including 95,879 tonnes of import cargo, 48,247 tonnes of export cargo and 2,564 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 95,879 tonnes comprised of 11,698 tonnes of containerised cargo; 9,466 tonnes of bulk cargo: 6,829 tonnes of DAP; 2,120 tonnes of rock phosphate; 517 tonnes of chickpeas and 74,715 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 48,247 tonnes comprised of 24,030 tonnes of containerised cargo; 50 tonnes of general cargo; 3,751 tonnes of bulk cargo: 413 tonnes of cement; 3,338 tonnes of wheat and 20,416 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. Seven ships namely Kwan Mobong, BBC Oregon, MOL Seabreeze, APL Ruby, Al-Mirqab, Kota Arif and Violetta carrying two general cargo ships and five container ships respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
Four vessels viz Kota Arif, Antje Wulff, BBC Oregon and Kuniang carrying two container ships and two general cargo ships respectively are currently at the berths. A container ship namely Antje Wulff expected to sail on Tuesday, while two ships namely Usma and Cleantec with naphtha and DAP respectively are expected to sail on Wednesday.
Four vessels viz APL Coral, Bunga Raya Lapan, Vergina and Xiang Fu Men with two container ships and two steel & general cargo ship due to arrive on Tuesday, while six vessels viz Primo Stealth, Glen Canyon Bridge, Hanjin Rome, HS Challanger, Lahore Express and Gladiolus carrying LSFO, four container ships and steel coils carrier respectively are due to arrive on Wednesday.