KARACHI, Nov 27: Seven ships carrying containers and sulphur and to load cement are expected to arrive at the outer anchorage on Friday, according to KPT sources.

Five ships, including two cement loaders, Eastmed Carrier and Santiago, Hyundai Duke, City of Xiamen to unload and load containers, and Xiang Cheng to load general cargo were berthed after the departure of eight.

Sailing was also active as eight vessels, Cape Colorado, Ratna Urvi, Lucky Arrow, APL Topaz, BM Interpid, Al-Marwah, Patrial-1 and Wieniawski departed on Thursday, while Santa Fe, Southern Unicorn, Kota Ambang, Christina and DDMaster, are due to sail out on Friday.

Cargo handling at the wharves was relatively slow as the total cargo handled fell to 73,593 tons as compared to well over 0.130m tons a day earlier.

The following ships are due on Friday: TS Dammam, H& HTide, King Brian, Saigon Express, Bunga Kenari, with containers, Adriatic Arrow to load 9,000 tons of cement and Faisal to offload sulphur.