A container ship from Karachi reached the outer anchorage of Chattogram port this afternoon, carrying 825 TEUs of import containers from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

This is the second time the Panama-flagged vessel Yuan Xiang Fa Zhan has brought goods to the port. On its first voyage, the ship arrived on November 11 with 370 TEUs of import containers, including 297 TEUs from Pakistan and the remainder from the UAE.

This time, the vessel arrived carrying 825 TEUs of import containers, equivalent to 780 containers. According to customs and port sources, 699 TEUs came from Pakistan and 126 TEUs from Jebel Ali port in the UAE.

Major portions of the goods from Pakistan this time include refined sugar and dolomite, a raw material for glass factories. Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Md Omar Faruk stated that the vessel arrived at the outer anchorage around 5:00pm and would take berth at a port jetty tomorrow morning.

The ship brought 780 containers, 675 from Pakistan and 105 from the UAE. According to the cargo manifest submitted at Chittagong Customs House, out of the 780 containers loaded from Pakistan, the vessel brought 285 containers of refined sugar weighing 74.31 lakh tonnes from Karachi port. These consignments were imported by Pran Dairy Limited, Savoy Ice Cream Factory Limited, Shehzad Food Products Ltd, and M/s Broadway Marketing Co.

Different glass factories, such as Nasir Glass Industries Ltd, Nasir Float Glass Industries, and Akij Glass Industries Ltd imported 171 containers of natural dolomite and loose dolomite lumps. Industrial raw materials like soda ash were imported in 122 containers from Pakistan. Besides, 47 containers of fabrics were imported by various export-oriented readymade garment factories, and nine containers of fresh potatoes weighing 2.62 lakh tonnes were also imported from Pakistan.

The cargo from Jebel Ali port in the UAE included home and kitchen appliances, dishwashers, refrigerators, lubricant oil, fresh dates, and firefighting equipment.

Dubai-based container ship operating firm Feeder Lines DMCC introduced the new service, connecting six countries using the vessel. The vessel's route is Jebel Ali (UAE)-Karachi (Pakistan)-Chattogram-Belawan (Indonesia)-Port Klang (Malaysia)-Mundra (India)-Jebel Ali (UAE).

Regensea Lines Ltd, a concern of Karnaphuli Limited owned by former environment, forest, and climate change minister and Awami League lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury, is the local agent of the ship.

The vessel is expected to take away over 1,000 TEUs of empty containers from Chattogram for its next ports.