KARACHI, Nov 4: Five ships carrying soyabean meal, containers and general cargo are due to arrive at the outer anchorage on Wednesday, according to KPT sources.

Owing to larger handling of containers, cargo handling activity at the wharves remained brisk. The total tonnage rose to 0.106m tons comprising 11,077 tons of export cargo and 94,438 tons of imported stuff including 47,237 tons of liquid tonnage.

Four ships, Bunga Bidara, Eax Sanctity to unload and load containers, Sibi and Kaghan were berthed to offload and load general cargo after the departure of four.

The ships, which departed included Iwato, Corin Thaikos, Suzanne and Commo-Jc-Jimenez, while Handy Silver, Bunga Bidara, APL Venezuela and Target are due to sail out on Wednesday.

The following ships are due on Wednesday: Kota Intan, Hyundai Future, Al-Manakh, with containers, York Castle with general cargo and Badulu Valley, with 3,100 tons of soyabean meal.

KARACHI, Nov 4: Three ships scheduled to load and offload containers and coal were arranged berthing during the last 24 hours, said a PQA press release on Tuesday.

Berth occupancy remained on the higher side as five ships, P&O Nedlloyed Damietta, Namibia, Emblem, Joyous Society, Zhi Qiang and Fu Le were busy in loading/offloading containers, edible oil, general cargo, coal and iron ore.

Cargo handling activity remained brisk as the total tonnage handled rose to 58,687 tons comprising 49,762 tons of import cargo and 8,925 tons of export tonnage.

Sailing was slow as only one ship, Namibia departed. Two ships, E-Trader and Armour-I were awaiting their berthing turn at the outer anchorage.

Two ships, Chemstar Moon with edible oil and Qem Star with chemicals, were due to arrive at the port, while Ermis with iron ore was expected to reach the port on Wednesday.