CONTAINER deliveries at Chattogram Port declined again due to ongoing countrywide unrest centering Anti-Discrimination student Movement, according to officials.
'A transportation crisis emerged today as goods transport owners and workers are unwilling to drive on the roads,' Chittagong Customs C&F Agents Association secretary Liaquat Ali told Dhaka's Business Standard.
Said Chattogram District Prime Mover, Trailer Owners-Workers Association President Selim Khan: 'Transportation has become a target for both protesters and those resisting the protests. In such a situation, transport owners are worried about the safety of their vehicles.'
Omar Farooque, secretary of Chattogram Port Authority, told TBS that there were assignments for the delivery of 1,200 TEU containers from the port today.
'The exact number of containers that importers were able to deliver will be confirmed after 8am on Monday,' he added.
According to port data, 2,877 TEU containers were delivered on Friday and 2,657 TEU containers on Saturday. On Thursday, 3,832 TEU containers were delivered.
The port yard has a capacity to hold 53,518 TEU of containers. The latest figures show that there were 41,069 TEU of containers in the port yard.
During regular times, more than 2,000 covered vans carrying export products from various parts of the country, including Dhaka, arrive at 19 private depots in Chittagong. However, due to abnormal traffic conditions, this number has decreased.
Ruhul Amin Shikder, secretary general of the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) told TBS that only about 500 vehicles have been able to reach the depots due to traffic disruptions.
The export cargo containers were sent to the port for shipment as scheduled today. If export products fail to arrive at the depot on time, there is a risk of disrupting the shipment schedule for these goods.
'The 19 existing ICDs, also known as off-docks, handle almost 95 per cent of export goods for shipments and 38 types of import goods, including food items like rice, wheat, mustard seed, chickpeas and pulses, according to industry insiders. work to help ease congestion at the port and facilitate quick clearance of full container loads of cargo by allowing unloading or delivery from outside the port area,' he added.
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'A transportation crisis emerged today as goods transport owners and workers are unwilling to drive on the roads,' Chittagong Customs C&F Agents Association secretary Liaquat Ali told Dhaka's Business Standard.
Said Chattogram District Prime Mover, Trailer Owners-Workers Association President Selim Khan: 'Transportation has become a target for both protesters and those resisting the protests. In such a situation, transport owners are worried about the safety of their vehicles.'
Omar Farooque, secretary of Chattogram Port Authority, told TBS that there were assignments for the delivery of 1,200 TEU containers from the port today.
'The exact number of containers that importers were able to deliver will be confirmed after 8am on Monday,' he added.
According to port data, 2,877 TEU containers were delivered on Friday and 2,657 TEU containers on Saturday. On Thursday, 3,832 TEU containers were delivered.
The port yard has a capacity to hold 53,518 TEU of containers. The latest figures show that there were 41,069 TEU of containers in the port yard.
During regular times, more than 2,000 covered vans carrying export products from various parts of the country, including Dhaka, arrive at 19 private depots in Chittagong. However, due to abnormal traffic conditions, this number has decreased.
Ruhul Amin Shikder, secretary general of the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA) told TBS that only about 500 vehicles have been able to reach the depots due to traffic disruptions.
The export cargo containers were sent to the port for shipment as scheduled today. If export products fail to arrive at the depot on time, there is a risk of disrupting the shipment schedule for these goods.
'The 19 existing ICDs, also known as off-docks, handle almost 95 per cent of export goods for shipments and 38 types of import goods, including food items like rice, wheat, mustard seed, chickpeas and pulses, according to industry insiders. work to help ease congestion at the port and facilitate quick clearance of full container loads of cargo by allowing unloading or delivery from outside the port area,' he added.
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