Karachi Port operations

Published April 26, 2008

KARACHI, April 25: Ten ships including three cement loaders are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Saturday, according to KPT sources.

Berthing activity at the wharves was fairly active where eight ships, Red Sea Spirit and Wales-2 to load cement and clinkers, Atoyac to offload coal, Oel Mumbai, Hyundai Stride, Eric G. Gibson and Kota Puri to unload and load containers, Sea Sky, an oil tanker, were berthed.

APL Pusan, Helene Rickmers, Kapitan Byankin, Mir Damad, Iron Butterfly, High Endurance, Christina-L, and Blida sailed out on Friday, while Johar, Oel Mumbai, Valbella, Sea Sky, Kota Puri, Le Ding, Hyun Jin Ks-3 and Wales-2 are due to depart on Saturday.

A total tonnage of 133,000 tons comprising 44,848 tons of export cargo and 88,128 tons of import cargo was handled.

The following ships are due on Saturday: Sari, Laftah and Jalkir-3 to load 80,000 tons of cement, Oriental Rose, Bruce Park to load ethanol, Jurong Babru, St. Irene, Bunga Delima, Harmony and Oel Shreyas, with containers.

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