July 12, 2006	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Sani 15, 1427

KARACHI, July 11: Brisk shipping activity was observed at the port where four ships scheduled to load, offload containers, cement and edible oil were berthed during the last 24 hours, a PQA press release said on Tuesday.

Departure were also fairly brisk where six ships, three container ships, one bulk cargo carrier, one chemicals carrier and one oil tanker, sailed out. Another ship with chemicals also arrived at outer anchorage.

A total of ten ships -- Sealand Voyager, Merker Sea, MSC Socotra, Khairpur, Mar Blue, Warrior, Worada Naree, Stolt Nanami, Al-Maqwa and Yanaseni -- are currently occupying berths to load, offload containers, rice, cement, sugar, edible oil, diesel oil and chemicals, respectively.

A cargo volume of 62,733 tones comprising 48,525 tones import cargo and 14,208 tones export cargo was handled.

Six ships -- MSC Socotra, Asian Trader, Merker Sea, Warrior, Al-Maqwa and Yanaseni -- sailed out to sea during the report period. Sealand Voyager is expected to sail on Tuesday. Two ships, Nedlloyd Muscat and Xiang Wan, are expected to take berths on Tuesday.

Six ships — Suzanne, Chem Adriatic, El-Tango, Al-Jaber-15, Jinga Jaguar and Trinity -- with chemicals, sugar, edible oil and iron ore are due to arrive on Tuesday, while three more container ships, Asia Gyro, CMA CGM

Sambhar and Mega-1, are due to arrive on Wednesday.