Import and export activities resumed at sea and land ports across the country yesterday after revenue officials called off their two-day nationwide shutdown on Sunday evening.
Operations have resumed, including both import and export activities
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Although the National Board of Revenue (NBR) resumed regular operations yesterday after nearly two weeks of protests and work abstentions, ship and container congestion has once again gripped the Chattogram Port, triggering concern among businesses over potential delays in cargo handling and increased logistics costs.
The three-day blockade was called over the handover of the NCT to a foreign operator
Picture a crowded harbour where the salty seabreeze carries whispers of far-off lands, where merchants of all creed and caste haggle over silks and spices, and where towering ships of all varieties – Chinese junks, Arab dhows, and Portuguese carracks – sway gently in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.
About 2 lakh tonnes of imported goods left abandoned at Chattogram port alone for years
Container movement between the port and 21 private ICDs remains suspended since morning
The government is considering appointing some of the world’s most experienced port operators to manage Chattogram Port and other sea and land ports in the region, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday.
Chattogram port has advanced three steps in a year to become world’s 64th busiest port in terms of annual throughput of containers in 2021.
At long last a new container terminal is going to be added to the Chattogram port as the authority is going to start trial operation of a newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) this week.
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Chattogram port handled a record volume of containers and cargoes in the just-concluded fiscal year riding on the rebound of Bangladesh’s international trade as global economies reopened from the coronavirus pandemic-induced economic slowdown.
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Severe cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ over west central Bay and adjoining southeast Bay moved northwestwards and now lies over west central Bay and adjoining area.
Untimely loading and unloading of containers has congested Chattogram port, the country’s premier seaport, with container vessels, which remain anchored due to the disruption.
The Chattogram port might soon be able to accommodate bigger vessels of up to 200 metres in length and having a draught of up to 10 metres, said Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) Chairman M Shahjahan yesterday.
The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) today extended the period of full waiver on the storage rent of import laden containers till May 16.
Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) again announces to waive the store rent fully for import containers brought in by BGMEA and BKMEA members on condition that they take their cargoes by May 4.
