Karachi Port operations

Published September 24, 2008

KARACHI, Sept 23: Seven ships including three to load 50,000 tons of cement are due to arrive at the outer anchorage on Wednesday, according to KPT sources. Berthing activity at the wharves was relatively slow where three ships, Mol Ability, Buxhill to unload and load containers and Lalazar to offload crude oil were berthed after the departure of six.

The departing ships were led by Wan Hai-311, Mol Ability, As Mars, Cap Gabriel, Quetta and Scan Oceanic, while Al-Soor-2, Adriatic Arrow, Kang Hing, Force Ranger, Kota Perdana, Siam Pearl, Buxhill, Sima Pride and Lalazar are due to sail out on Wednesday.

Cargo handling activity at the wharves was fairly active totaling 131,000 tons comprising 30,774 tons of export cargo and 99,812 tons of import tonnage.

The following ships are due on Wednesday: Champion to load molasses, Flag Investor, Island Star and Super Star-3 to load cement, Northern Harmony, APL Shenzhen, Cosco Dammam with containers.

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