The Karachi Port handled 128,735 tonnes of cargo comprising 82,791 tonnes of import cargo and 45,944 tonnes of export cargo including 28 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 82,791 tonnes comprised of 11,036 tonnes of containerised cargo; 862 tonnes of general cargo; 28,635 tonnes of bulk cargo: 18,077 tonnes of coal; 7,625 tonnes of soyabean meal; 2,933 tonnes of DAP and 42,258 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 45,944 tonnes comprised of 32,084 tonnes of containerised cargo; 582 tonnes of general cargo; 4,578 tonnes of bulk cargo: and 482 tonnes of cement; 4,096 tonnes of loose bulk cement and 8,700 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 28 containers comprising nil containers import and 28 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Monday.
The break-up of imported containers shows nil of 20's and nil 40's loaded while nil of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 10 of 20's and 6 of 40's loaded containers while 2 of 20's and 2 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours. There were nine ships namely APL Sydney, Hyundai Confidence, Lissy Schulte, Santa Rosa, Al Mahboobah, Ocean Jupiter, MT Lahore, Galveston Highway and Heilan Song carrying containers, oil tankers, vehicles and general cargo respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were eight vessels viz. Front Avon, Meli, KN Forest, Good Trade, Somerset, Galveston Highway Kontantions and Union Emma carrying oil tankers, coal, cement, vehicles, fertilizer and general cargo respectively currently at the berths. There was one ship namely Front Avon carrying oil tanker sailed out to sea on Monday, while two ships namely Meli and Somerset carrying oil tanker and cement are expected to sail on Tuesday.
There were seven vessels viz. Hanjin Indigo, YM Elixir, Pona, MOL Direction, MT Quetta, MT Karachi and Sea Crystal carrying containers, oil tankers and chemical respectively due to arrive on Monday, while two vessels viz. Kota Kasturi and APJ Shirin carrying containers and DAP respectively are due to arrive on Tuesday.