KARACHI, Dec 3: Five ships carrying steel scrap, general cargo and containers are due to arrive at the outer anchorage on Tuesday, according to KPT sources.

Berthing activity at the wharves was maintained on the higher side where 10 ships including oil tanker Swat, Sea Spirit, Tenth Ocean, Cinti Geermnay, Orient Stride, Nordwoge with containers, Asian Queesn and Hanin to load cement and Delta Ranger to offload coal were berthed after the departure of over a dozen vessels during the last two days.

The ships, which departed were led by Cosco Shekou, Oelt Trust, Faith-1, Kapitan Byankin, Kota Gumawan, Karola, Jiapur, Titan, North Pole, Nafto Cement, Chemstar Brave and Westma. While Conti Germany, Tenth Ocean, Agia Thalassini-1, Sea Spirit, J. Firend, China Star, Nordwoge Delta Ranger and Babglar Mookh are due to sail out on Tuesday.

A total tonnage of 0.288m tons was handled during the last two days comprising 40,694 tons of export cargo including 8,796 tons of cement and 0.248m tons of import tonnage.

The following ships are due on Tuesday: Bow Fuji with chemicals, Lalazar with crude oil, APL Sokhna with containers, Al-Rabab with general cargo and Nikolaos-P with steel scrap.