Sarwaruddin, Chattogram Bureau :
Chattogram Port, the premier seaport of the country handled 3,807 vessels during the period of 2019 and the total handlings of 2018 was 3,747 vessels with increase of 60 vessels .
Meanwhile the major seaport of Bangladesh, Chattogram Port has made it to the list of ‘3 millionaire ports’ across the world. Chattogram Port has achieved this glory by handling 30 lakh TEUs containers in immediate past year .
There are 60 such seaports across the world.
Earlier, the Chattogram Port was ranked at number 64 in the list of the world’s top 100 container handling seaports list by Maritime World’s internationally recognized Lloyds Survey.
Mentionable that in immediate past year, Chattogram Port achieved records of 30 lakh TEUs containers handling .
In the immediate past year, port handles 30 lakh 88 thousand 197 TEUs containers and 29 lakh 3thousand 996 TEUs containers handled in 2018 .On the other hand port handles cargo of 10 crores 30 lakh 77 thousand 735 metric tons in 2019 and in 2018 cargo handled 9 crores 63 lakh 11 thousand 22 4 metric tons .
Secretary of CP Md. Omar Faruk told this correspondent that the container carrier vessels takes berthing in inner berths from outer berth depending on tide and ebb tide of the sea .
Mentionable that bulk cargo vessels are berthed in outer anchorage and the open cargos like rice, wheat, salt, crude oil, cement clinkers and industrial raw materials etc are delivered to the different storages, silos , port sheds through lighter vessels.
President of Bangladesh shipping. Agents Association Ahsanul Hoque Chowdhury told that if the lightering of bulk cargos are done by large vessels, the handling cost may be minimized and the stay time of the vessels are lessened, the cost of doing business will also be minimized largely. He said if any vessels stays at outer berths more than schedule time, shipping agents are compelled to pay US dollar 10-15 housand per day .
He hoped after commissioning of Bay Terminal , large vessels will directly take berth in the terminal without waiting for tide or ebb tide. He also emphasized on capital dredging in Karnaphuli channel to keep operative of the existing inner berths.
Director of Bangladesh Freight Forwarder Association Khairul Alam Sujan said that the size of economic areas of the country is going expanded gradually , construction of Bangabandhu Shilpanagar, Padma Bridge, Karnaphuli Tunnel and a number of mega projects are being implemented . And hence the imports and exports obviously will increase with increasing of port handlings. He also suggested to construct the new depots for containers storing if we extends berthing and handling facilities to our neighbouring countries.
Maximum container handling are done in New Mooring Container Terminal and Chattogram Container Terminal and the top listed terminal operator Saif Power Tech is conducting these two terminals .
Chief Executive officer of Saif Power Tech Capt Tanveer Hossain told that following the addition of new gantry cranes and container operating equipments , loading , unloading have been accelerated than any periods of earlier. He said in 2019 , CP sets record of handling a vessel within 47.8 hours . He further apprised that the average stay of a vessel in the port was 2.6 days which may be lessened in coming days.
Chairman of Chatogram Port Rear Admiral Zulfikar Aziz told The New Nation that the average stay of a vessel in port lessened comparatively despite the natural calamities and cyclone forecast in 2019. He further apprised that the constructions of Patenga Container Terminal progressing fast with capacity of berthing 4 vessels at a time.
He also hoped to start the core construction works of the Bay Terminal this year. The chairman further told that CP is working with the short, middle and long term planning aimed at minimizing the cost of doing business policy of the govt, trade facilitation, attractions of foreign investment, uninterrupted productions and supply.
Chattogram Port, the premier seaport of the country handled 3,807 vessels during the period of 2019 and the total handlings of 2018 was 3,747 vessels with increase of 60 vessels .
Meanwhile the major seaport of Bangladesh, Chattogram Port has made it to the list of ‘3 millionaire ports’ across the world. Chattogram Port has achieved this glory by handling 30 lakh TEUs containers in immediate past year .
There are 60 such seaports across the world.
Earlier, the Chattogram Port was ranked at number 64 in the list of the world’s top 100 container handling seaports list by Maritime World’s internationally recognized Lloyds Survey.
Mentionable that in immediate past year, Chattogram Port achieved records of 30 lakh TEUs containers handling .
In the immediate past year, port handles 30 lakh 88 thousand 197 TEUs containers and 29 lakh 3thousand 996 TEUs containers handled in 2018 .On the other hand port handles cargo of 10 crores 30 lakh 77 thousand 735 metric tons in 2019 and in 2018 cargo handled 9 crores 63 lakh 11 thousand 22 4 metric tons .
Secretary of CP Md. Omar Faruk told this correspondent that the container carrier vessels takes berthing in inner berths from outer berth depending on tide and ebb tide of the sea .
Mentionable that bulk cargo vessels are berthed in outer anchorage and the open cargos like rice, wheat, salt, crude oil, cement clinkers and industrial raw materials etc are delivered to the different storages, silos , port sheds through lighter vessels.
President of Bangladesh shipping. Agents Association Ahsanul Hoque Chowdhury told that if the lightering of bulk cargos are done by large vessels, the handling cost may be minimized and the stay time of the vessels are lessened, the cost of doing business will also be minimized largely. He said if any vessels stays at outer berths more than schedule time, shipping agents are compelled to pay US dollar 10-15 housand per day .
He hoped after commissioning of Bay Terminal , large vessels will directly take berth in the terminal without waiting for tide or ebb tide. He also emphasized on capital dredging in Karnaphuli channel to keep operative of the existing inner berths.
Director of Bangladesh Freight Forwarder Association Khairul Alam Sujan said that the size of economic areas of the country is going expanded gradually , construction of Bangabandhu Shilpanagar, Padma Bridge, Karnaphuli Tunnel and a number of mega projects are being implemented . And hence the imports and exports obviously will increase with increasing of port handlings. He also suggested to construct the new depots for containers storing if we extends berthing and handling facilities to our neighbouring countries.
Maximum container handling are done in New Mooring Container Terminal and Chattogram Container Terminal and the top listed terminal operator Saif Power Tech is conducting these two terminals .
Chief Executive officer of Saif Power Tech Capt Tanveer Hossain told that following the addition of new gantry cranes and container operating equipments , loading , unloading have been accelerated than any periods of earlier. He said in 2019 , CP sets record of handling a vessel within 47.8 hours . He further apprised that the average stay of a vessel in the port was 2.6 days which may be lessened in coming days.
Chairman of Chatogram Port Rear Admiral Zulfikar Aziz told The New Nation that the average stay of a vessel in port lessened comparatively despite the natural calamities and cyclone forecast in 2019. He further apprised that the constructions of Patenga Container Terminal progressing fast with capacity of berthing 4 vessels at a time.
He also hoped to start the core construction works of the Bay Terminal this year. The chairman further told that CP is working with the short, middle and long term planning aimed at minimizing the cost of doing business policy of the govt, trade facilitation, attractions of foreign investment, uninterrupted productions and supply.
