Chattogram Bureau :
The container handling at the country’s premier Chittagong port has been growing over the years. The number of container handling grew at 9 percent in the just concluded year 2018. Construction of new terminals with modern jetties and equipment is a must to enhance the port’s efficiency, said Mahbubul Alam, president of the Port Users Forum. He stressed on the need for giving more emphasis on the port’s expansion projects, including the ones related to Patenga Container Terminal and Bay Terminal.
The port handled around 2.80 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of import, export and empty containers in 2018, up from 2.57 million TEUs in the previous year, according to sources.
All sorts of industrial raw materials-except those used in the cement and ceramics sectors-along with commercial items, machinery, commodity and chemical products are imported through containers while export goods are solely carried through containers.
Officials of Chittagong Port Authority have attributed the growth to the increasing foreign trade. The growth is a bit slower than the previous year’s 9.36 percent although the volume of containers handled was higher in 2018 than the previous year, they pointed out.
The port handled 2.30 lakh TEUs of more containers in 2018 compared to 2017 while the figure was 2.19 lakh in 2017 compared to 2016. The port had to suffer from container and vessel congestions last year and the situation gradually improved after the installation of six gantry cranes in the latter half of the year.
The port’s capacity and efficiency would increase this year with the implementation of some of the expansion projects, Aziz said.
Over 29 lakh TEUs containers handled last year in Port
The gross product of Chattogram seaport is about 8.88 percent in last year. In this year of 2018 Chattogram port handed a total of 29 lakh 3 thousand 996 TEUs containers .
In 2017 , the handling record was 26 lakh 67 thousand . This was apprised by the Secretary of CPA Md. Omar Faruk. He said in immediate past year, the total increase of handling by 22 percent than the previous year. In open cargo handling, total bulk cargo of 9 cr 63 kaj 11 thousand metric tons .
In last year a total 3,747 ocean going vessels including conainer and bulk cargo vessesls handled in this port . CP sets new record of container handling than the all previous years.
On average this port handled 1146 TEUs containers handled in December last average on daily. Port user sources said, following the deployment of new handling equipments recently at New Mooring container terminal and other inner berths of the port, the handling capacity increased.
In the meantime, CCCI President Mahbubul Alam appeals to govt to increase the handling equiipment aimed at increaseing the handling capacityduring the terms of newly elected govt.
The container handling at the country’s premier Chittagong port has been growing over the years. The number of container handling grew at 9 percent in the just concluded year 2018. Construction of new terminals with modern jetties and equipment is a must to enhance the port’s efficiency, said Mahbubul Alam, president of the Port Users Forum. He stressed on the need for giving more emphasis on the port’s expansion projects, including the ones related to Patenga Container Terminal and Bay Terminal.
The port handled around 2.80 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of import, export and empty containers in 2018, up from 2.57 million TEUs in the previous year, according to sources.
All sorts of industrial raw materials-except those used in the cement and ceramics sectors-along with commercial items, machinery, commodity and chemical products are imported through containers while export goods are solely carried through containers.
Officials of Chittagong Port Authority have attributed the growth to the increasing foreign trade. The growth is a bit slower than the previous year’s 9.36 percent although the volume of containers handled was higher in 2018 than the previous year, they pointed out.
The port handled 2.30 lakh TEUs of more containers in 2018 compared to 2017 while the figure was 2.19 lakh in 2017 compared to 2016. The port had to suffer from container and vessel congestions last year and the situation gradually improved after the installation of six gantry cranes in the latter half of the year.
The port’s capacity and efficiency would increase this year with the implementation of some of the expansion projects, Aziz said.
Over 29 lakh TEUs containers handled last year in Port
The gross product of Chattogram seaport is about 8.88 percent in last year. In this year of 2018 Chattogram port handed a total of 29 lakh 3 thousand 996 TEUs containers .
In 2017 , the handling record was 26 lakh 67 thousand . This was apprised by the Secretary of CPA Md. Omar Faruk. He said in immediate past year, the total increase of handling by 22 percent than the previous year. In open cargo handling, total bulk cargo of 9 cr 63 kaj 11 thousand metric tons .
In last year a total 3,747 ocean going vessels including conainer and bulk cargo vessesls handled in this port . CP sets new record of container handling than the all previous years.
On average this port handled 1146 TEUs containers handled in December last average on daily. Port user sources said, following the deployment of new handling equipments recently at New Mooring container terminal and other inner berths of the port, the handling capacity increased.
In the meantime, CCCI President Mahbubul Alam appeals to govt to increase the handling equiipment aimed at increaseing the handling capacityduring the terms of newly elected govt.
