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Keep taking delivery of import cargoes during Eid holidays, Ctg port urges stakeholders
The Chattogram port is taking all the steps needed to avoid any kind of congestion in the port during and after the Eid holidays. Photo: Rajib Raihan Dwaipayan Barua, Ctg Dwaipayan Barua, Ctg
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has urged the importers and other stakeholders to continue taking deliveries of import cargoes during Eid holidays as part of effort to avoid any possible congestion at the port.
The CPA made the call on Tuesday in directives sent to different businesps bodies and stakeholders.
Through separate letters, the port authority directed Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association and Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association to keep the offices of shipping agents and freight forwarders open with limited manpower during the time.
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Air cargo charges double in fresh blow to RMG exporters
Readymade garment exporters in Bangladesh have been dealt a fresh blow by a doubling of air shipment rates for cargoes flying out of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).
The rate hike has piled additional pressure on the garment manufacturers who have been struggling for nearly a year to stay afloat amid a rush of order cancellations and rate decrease during the pandemic.
Airlines say they raised the rate because the growing demand for air shipment amid improving global outlook and squeezing of carrying capacity from the HSIA by 60 per cent over the last three months because of suspension of cargo and passenger flights by some international flight operators.