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Chittagong to give priority for Colombo-bound vessels Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday made some decisions, including prioritising berthing for Colombo-bound feeder vessels, aiming at clearing out exports piling up at private Inland Container Depots (ICD).
It will also give priority berthing to feeder vessels carrying export-laden containers. It also decided to permit two feeder operators to ply three new feeder vessels on the Chattogram-Colombo route.
The CPA proposed that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) should convince their international buyers to not nominate a few selective shipping companies for carrying their export cargoes. They should rather nominate more shipping companies to avoid a monopoly situation, they said.
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Cargo handling rises at Ctg port despite pandemic
The port was not shut for a single day even during the pandemic. The round-the-clock operation has helped the port handle more than three million TEUs in the just-concluded fiscal year, CPA Chairman M Shahjahan said. Photo: Star/File
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Chattogram port clocked 3.1 per cent year-on-year growth in container handling in the just-concluded fiscal year, which highlighted the growing foreign trade of Bangladesh, official data showed.
The premier port in the country handled 30,97,236 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the fiscal year 2020-21, up from 30,04,142 TEUs a year ago, according to data from the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
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