Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

News Paper: Business Recorder

KARACHI (July 21 2010): The Karachi Port handled 149,593 tonnes of cargo including 112,238 tonnes of import cargo; 37,355 tonnes of export cargo and 5,511 loaded and empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 112,238 tonnes comprised of 31,060 tonnes of containerised cargo; 3,361 tonnes of general cargo; 33,817 tonnes of bulk cargo: 7,884 tonnes of fertilizer; 22,050 tonnes of coal; 2,100 tonnes of rock phosphate; 1,783 tonnes of flours and 44,000 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

The total export cargo of 37,355 tonnes comprised of 25,909 tonnes of containerised cargo; 235 tonnes of general cargo; 11,211 tonnes of bulk cargo: 4,379 tonnes of cement and 6,832 tonnes of bulk cement. Eight ships namely Bunga Raya Sepuluh, Al-Wajba, MT Swat, Hyundai Oakland, Samin-1, Ocean Island and Great Prestige sailed out to sea during the reported period.

Three vessels viz Al-Wajba, MT Karachi and Agean Glory are currently at the berths. Seven ships namely Irenes Rainbow, Emperor, Ocean Project, Hendiah, Al-Kuwaitiah, Bunga Raya Empat and Agean Glory expected to sail on Tuesday, while two vessels viz MT Karachi and Cozumel Cement are expected to sail on Wednesday.

Six vessels viz Pic Saint Loup, James River Bridge, APL Turquoise, Marcampania, Hot Star and New Legend Sun due to arrive on Tuesday, while six ships namely Lodestar Genesis, Vanguard, STX Patraikos, Cap Gabriel, Nadeem and Iron Butterfly are due to arrive on Wednesday.

PORT QASIMThe Port Qasim handled 79,208 tonnes of cargo includes 73,898 tonnes of import cargo; 5,310 tonnes of export cargo and 381 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) during last 24 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 73,898 tonnes includes 37,208 tonnes of furnace oil; 15,356 tonnes of palm oil; 9,700 tonnes of chemicals; 4,454 tonnes of sugar; 3,850 tonnes of canola seeds and 3,375 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo of 5,310 tonnes includes 3,438 tonnes of cement and 1,872 tonnes of containerised cargo.

Three vessels viz CV Saudi Hofuf, MT Southern Bull and MT Buhairah sailed out to sea on Tuesday morning. A total number of seven vessels viz CV Saudi Hofuf, MV Golden Falcon, MV Orient-II, MV Triton Swift, MT Southern Bull, MT Bunga Alpinia and MT Buhairah are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, sugar, canola seeds, chemicals, palm oil and furnace oil respectively during last 24 hours.

Five ships namely New Ability, Gas Eastern, Argent Eye Bright, Nedlloyd Tasman and Hartati carrying furnace oil, LPG, palm oil, containers and chemicals are currently at the outer anchorage. A total number of four vessels viz CV Nedlloyd Tasman, MT New Ability, MT Hartati and MT Gas Eastern carrying containers, furnace oil and chemicals are expected to take berths at Container Terminal, FOTCO Oil Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal(MW-1) and Engro Vopak Terminal respectively on Tuesday.

Three ships namely CV Aruni Rickmers and CMA CGM Coral, CV Al-Noof and MV Sentosa carrying containers and coal are due to arrive on Wednesday. A total number of five vessels viz CMA CGM Eiffel, CSAV Cant Brian, Semho Crystal, Rose-II and Al-Salam-II carrying containers, palm oil, cement and diesel oil are also due to arrive.

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