THE chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has appealed to 18 inland container depots to shift loaded containers from the port yards to avoid congestion at the port, reports Dhaka's Financial Express.
Chittagong port has suffered during the lockdown, as many importers took time to receive their goods on the grounds of poor demand of essential commodities and closure of factories, said the report.
Such slow delivery created congestion at the port, hurting its activities. Subsequently, the CPA wrote to the 18 depots, asking to take the loaded containers to the depots to smoothen the port's activities amid the ongoing lockdown.
The strict lockdown waived the port's activities, considering its importance for the economy and the people. Movement of trucks to and from the port was also allowed.
'We've stored nearly 3,000 TEU of loaded containers at the port yards as on Friday,' said one senior official at the CPA traffic department.
More than 2,000 TEU would be grounded within the next couple of days.
The port official noted that such containers were causing a space crisis at the port yards, and were needed to be transferred to the depots immediately.
In the meantime, one representative of the depots said the data provided by the CPA was 'confusing'.
Ruhul Amin Sikder, secretary at the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA), said: 'We have space to store and deliver containers.'
He also said they brought loaded containers each day. 'We daily bring 800 TEU on an average from the port yards'.
Private container depots handle cent per cent exports and 25 per cent of total imports.
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Chittagong port has suffered during the lockdown, as many importers took time to receive their goods on the grounds of poor demand of essential commodities and closure of factories, said the report.
Such slow delivery created congestion at the port, hurting its activities. Subsequently, the CPA wrote to the 18 depots, asking to take the loaded containers to the depots to smoothen the port's activities amid the ongoing lockdown.
The strict lockdown waived the port's activities, considering its importance for the economy and the people. Movement of trucks to and from the port was also allowed.
'We've stored nearly 3,000 TEU of loaded containers at the port yards as on Friday,' said one senior official at the CPA traffic department.
More than 2,000 TEU would be grounded within the next couple of days.
The port official noted that such containers were causing a space crisis at the port yards, and were needed to be transferred to the depots immediately.
In the meantime, one representative of the depots said the data provided by the CPA was 'confusing'.
Ruhul Amin Sikder, secretary at the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA), said: 'We have space to store and deliver containers.'
He also said they brought loaded containers each day. 'We daily bring 800 TEU on an average from the port yards'.
Private container depots handle cent per cent exports and 25 per cent of total imports.
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