The Karachi Port handled 209,351 tonnes of cargo comprising 192,323 tonnes of import cargo and 17,028 tonnes of export cargo including 7,143 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 192,323 tonnes comprised of 53,685 tonnes of containerised cargo; 10,599 tonnes of general cargo; 43,809 tonnes of bulk cargo: 32,257 tonnes of coal; 4,854 tonnes of seeds; 6,698 tonnes of fertilizer and 84,230 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

The total export cargo of 17,028 tonnes comprised of 16,399 tonnes of containerised cargo; 429 tonnes of general cargo and 200 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo. As many as 7,143 containers comprising of 3,659 containers import and 3,484 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.

The breakup of imported containers shows 1,365 of 20's and 1,121 of 40's loaded while nil of 20's and 26 of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 486 of 20's and 359 of 40's loaded containers while 770 of 20's and 755 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.

There were six ships namely Kota Kaya, Piraeus, CSC Coral, Vestholmen, Oriental Nadeshiko and M. Gas carrying containers, oil tankers and repair respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There were eight vessels viz. Maliakos, Kota Kaya, Polo, Bellavia, Oriental Rose, Al Mahboobah, Dream Beauty and BBC Challenger carrying containers, oil tankers, vehicle and general cargo respectively currently at the berths.

There were seven ships namely Seaspan Lahore, Sima Genesis, Xin Nan Tong, Morning Glory, Thor Monadic, Dream Beauty and BBC Challenger carrying containers, oil tankers, vehicle, coal and general cargo respectively on Thursday, while three ships namely Maliakos, BBC Arizona and Orion Ocean carrying containers, steel and coal respectively are expected to sail on Friday.

There were six vessels Wan Hai-511, Bow Diamond, Zhongji No 1, Tomini Destiny, Puze and Izumo carrying containers, oil tanker, mogas, coal and general cargo respectively due to arrive on Thursday while ten vessels viz. Sabya, Clemens Schulte, Bochem Ghent, Aziz Torlak, Greta-K, Greener, Glovis Captain, Erlyne, Global Genesis and DL Violet carrying containers, oil tankers, coal, vehicle, steel and general cargo respectively are due to arrive on Friday.

PORT QASIMA cargo volume of 105,931 tonnes comprising 73,327 tonnes of import cargo and 32,604 tonnes of export cargo including 2,971 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Thursday.

The total import cargo of 73,327 tonnes includes 20,304 tonnes of furnace oil; 5,900 tonnes of slag; 2,093 tonnes of soyabean; 21,185 tonnes of coal and 23,845 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 32,604 tonnes includes 32,604 tonnes of containerised cargo. As many as 2,971 containers comprising of 1,225 containers import and 1,746 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.

There were two ships namely MV Clipper Tenacoius and MV Chang Shan Hai carrying slag and coal respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday morning, while two more ships namely CV APL Miami and CV CMA CGM Indus carrying containers respectively are expected to sail on the same day afternoon. A total number of eight vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Indus, CV Maersk Pittsburg, CV APL Miami, MV Clipper Tenacoius, MV Chang Shan Hai, MV Iris-II, MV Iris Oldendorff and MT Lion-M currently occupied berths to load/offload containers, slag, coal, soyabean and furnace oil respectively during the last 24 hours.

As many as sixteen ships namely CV CMA CGM Maupassant, MV Dione, MV RB Edon, MV YM Miranda, MV Rui Ning-2, MV Freedom Line, MV Asia Emerald-II, MT Globe Tanya, MT Gas Esco, MT DL Navig-8, MT Formosa, MT Silver Philipa, MT Bneinder, MT Zem Gale, MT Spruce-2 and MT Sovereign carrying containers, soyabean, chemical, coal, LPG and diesel oil respectively were at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.

There were four vessels viz. CV CMA CGM Maupassant, MV YM Miranda, MV Asia Emerald-II and MT Gas Esco carrying containers, chemical, coal and LPG respectively expected to take berths at Qasim International Containers Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal, Iron Ore & Coal Berth and SSGC LPG respectively on Thursday. There were two ships namely CV CMA CGM Vergina and CV TG Poseidon carrying containers due to arrive on Thursday. There are two ships namely CV Tucapel and CV Maersk Izmir carrying containers due to arrive on Friday.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017