Saturday, July 27, 2013

The Karachi Port handled 93,458 tonnes of cargo comprising 71,179 tonnes of import cargo and 22,279 tonnes of export cargo including 5,038 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 71,179 tonnes comprised 41,134 tonnes of containerised cargo; 7,985 tonnes of bulk cargo: 1,500 tonnes of coal; 774 tonnes of shredded scrap; 5,711 tonnes of rock phosphate and 22,060 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

The total export cargo of 22,279 tonnes comprised 21,865 tonnes of containerised cargo; 30 tonnes of general cargo and 384 tonnes of cement. As many as 5,038 containers comprising 3,064 containers import and 1,974 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday.

The brakeup of imported containers shows 985 of 20's and 1,012 of 40's loaded while 55 of 20's and nil of 40's empty containers, whereas that of exported containers shows 457 of 20's and 433 of 40's loaded containers while 125 of 20's and 263 of 40's empty containers were handled during the business hours.

There are six ships namely Naxihe, UAFL Zanzibar, UASC Shuwaikh, DL Ace, Ellie and Banglar Mamata with three container ships, one oil tanker, one bulk cargo ship and one jute carrier respectively sailed out to sea during the reported period. There are four vessels viz Tasanee, Posen, UASC Shuwaikh and Vinalines Mighty with three container ships and one bulk cargo ship respectively are currently at the berths.

There are five ships namely OOCL Jakarta, Hyundai Bangkok, Posen, MT Karachi and Orient Singapore with three container ships, one oil tanker and one scrap carrier respectively sailed out to sea on Thursday, while another ship namely Stavanger Bliss with one oil tanker expected to sail on Friday. There are four vessels viz Rio Blanco, Kota Gembira, Ozay-5 and Sapphire-T with three container ships and one chemical carrier respectively due to arrive on Thursday, while five vessels viz APL Oman, Hansa Nordburg, Northern Prelude, Liberty Promise and SFL Yukon with three container ships, one vehicles carrier and one steel ship respectively due to arrive on Friday.

PORT QASIM
A cargo volume of 99,181 tonnes comprising 76,856 tonnes of import cargo and 22,325 tonnes of export cargo inclusive 2,280 loaded and empty containers (TEUs) was handled at Port Qasim during the last 24 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 76,856 tonnes includes 46,667 tonnes of diesel oil; 9,194 tonnes of phosphoric acid and 20,995 tonnes of containerised cargo. The total export cargo includes 22,325 tonnes of containerised cargo.

As many as 2,280 containers comprising 1,105 containers import and 1,175 containers export were handled during the last 24 hours on Thursday. There are two ship namely CV CMA CGM Mozart and MV Better Sea Park with containers and chemicals sailed out to sea on Thursday morning, while another ship namely MT Al-Salam-II with diesel oil is expected to sail on the same day afternoon.

A total number of four vessels viz CV CMA CGM Mozart, MV Better Sea Park, MV Beacon SW and MT Al-Salam-II are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, chemicals, wheat and diesel oil respectively during the last 24 hours. As many as three ships namely Bux Contact, Brightoil Legend and Flora with containers, crude oil and cement currently at the outer anchorage of Port Qasim. There were two vessels viz CV Bux Contact and CV Dubai Express with containers expected to take berths at Qasim International Container Terminal on Thursday. There is one ship namely CV MSC Reunion with containers due to arrive on Thursday.

Source: http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-economy/189/1215122/

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