KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust handled 326,179 tonnes of cargo comprising 166,782 tonnes of import cargo and 159,397 tonnes of export cargo during last 48 hours, ending at 0700 hours.
The total import cargo of 166,782 tonnes comprised of 71,198 tonnes of Containerized Cargo, 6,388 tonnes of Canola, 4,144 tonnes of Dap,17,534 tonnes of Rock Phosphate,452 tonnes of Soya Bean Seeds & 67,066 tonnes of Liquid Cargo.
The total export cargo of 159,397 tonnes comprised of 92,152 tonnes of Containerized Cargo, 1,018 tonnes of B Bulk Cargo, 7,413 tonnes of Cement, 40,730 tonnes of Clinkers, 3,234 tonnes of Rice & 14,850 tonnes of Liquid Cargo.
As many as, 04 ships namely, Albert P, Ital Universo, Gfs Giselle & Grace Bali berthed at the Karachi Port Trust.
Approximately, 05 ships namely, Msc Emanuela, Kmtc Chennai, Chenroad Jorney, Westerly & Albert P sailed from the Karachi Port Trust.
PORT QASIM
A total of thirteen ships were engaged at PQA berths during the last 24 hours, out of them seven ships, Sol Unity, MSC Tracy-V, Dilos, Port Osaka, Roama-19, Aquavita Soul and Bernice are expected to sail on Monday 02nd March, 2026.
Cargo volume of 214,817 tonnes, comprising 160,958 tonnes imports cargo and 53,859 export cargo carried in 4,280 Containers (1,334 TEUs Imports & 2,946 TEUs Export) was handled at the port during last 24 hours.
There are 14 ships at Outer Anchorage of the Port Qasim, out of them three ships, Banglar Agrajatra, Mistrtal Explorer and Al-Hamla & three more ships, New Nobel, MSC Marina and Al-Bert-P with Palm oil, Chemicals, LNG, General Cargo and Container expected to take berth at LCT, EVTL, EETL, MW-1 and QICT on Monday 2nd March, 2026.
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