64,300 tonnes of coal for Matarbari power plant arrives

A ship carrying 64,300 tonnes of coal for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali arrived here from Indonesia today.

The Panama flag-carrying ship arrived at Matarbari deep sea artificial jetty this noon, said Alfaz Ahmed, security officer at Matarbari Coal Power Project.

Later, the ship was taken to the coal power plant jetty from the outer anchorage of the port with the help of four tugs.

The security officer said that the 12.5 meter draft ship has arrived today carrying coal from Tarahan port in Indonesia.

This is the fifth ship to bring coal to this power plant. With this, more than 3 lakh mts of coal have arrived in the last two months.

Alfaz Ahmed said that experimental power generation activities with coal are going on in the plant. Power from Matarbari coal-fired power plant will be added to the national grid soon, he hoped.