The Karachi Port handled 142,794 tonnes of cargo comprising 89,892 tonnes of import cargo and 52,902 tonnes of export cargo including 5,405 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 89,892 tonnes comprised of 34,482 tonnes of containerised cargo; 907 tonnes of general cargo; 37,385 tonnes of bulk cargo: 14,397 tonnes of coal; 6,800 tonnes of rock phosphate; 16,188 tonnes of fertilizer and 17,118 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.
The total export cargo of 52,902 tonnes comprised of 41,342 tonnes of containerised cargo; 800 tonnes of general cargo and 10,760 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 5,405 containers comprising of 2,348 containers import and 3,057 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The breakup of imported containers shows 1,504 of 20's and 1,341 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 39 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 649 of 20's and 378 of 40's loaded containers while 209 of 20's and 464 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.
There were seven ships namely MSC Manya, Kota Kasturi, Sima Genesis, Geum Gang, Thor Friendship, SC Hong Kong and AS Orelia carrying containers, oil tanker, coal and chemical respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period.
There were five vessels viz. MOL Earnest, Geum Gang, Stolt calluna, Tokomaru Bay and Caribbean Harmony carrying containers, oil tankers, fertilizer and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.
There were four ships namely Ever Diamond, YM Orchid, MOL Earnest and Kong Que Zuo carrying containers and mogas respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday.
There were two vessels Hansa Offenburg and Sabya carrying containers respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while three vessels viz. APL Norway, Zente and Navios Vector carrying containers and DAP respectively are due to arrive on Friday.
The total export cargo of 46,061 tonnes includes 7,320 tonnes of cement and 38,741 tonnes of containerised cargo.
As many as 2,726 containers comprising of 687 containers import and 2,039 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday. There were three ships namely CV MSC Tomoko, CV APL Antwerp and MT Yukon Star carrying containers and palm oil sailed out to sea on Thursday morning. A total number of nine vessels viz. CV MSC Tomoko, CV APL Antwerp, MV Laganda, MV Trade Will, MV Majestic Sky, MV Magia, MV Million Bell, MT Glorious and MT Yukon Star currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, cement, sunflower seeds, soyabean seeds, coal, phosphoric acid, diesel oil and palm oil respectively during the last 24 hours.
As many as eleven ships namely CV CMA CGM Nerval, MV Medi Chiba, MV Sakzaya Miracle, MV Diyaa-B, MV Klima, MT Sea Speed, MT Lion-M, MT New Century, MT Glorious, MT Grand Ace-9 and MT Ensemie carrying containers, soyabean seeds, canola seeds, coal, clinker, LPG, furnace oil, diesel oil and palm oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.
There were two vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Nerval and MT Grand Ace-9 carrying containers and palm oil respectively expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal and Liquid Oil Terminal respectively on Thursday.
There were three ships namely CV Maersk Pittsburg, CV Xiaman and CV MSC Virgo carrying containers respectively due to arrive on Thursday. There are three ships namely CV Hugo Schulte, CV San Felix and CV Xiaman carrying containers respectively due to arrive on Friday.
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