Chattogram Bureau :
Chattogram Port Authority has announced to impose four times the store rent from tomorrow if the goods imported in LCL containers from different countries of the world are not unloaded within the stipulated time. The decision was taken by the port authorities to curb the trend of making the port a warehouse, officials said.
According to port sources, various importers import millions of tons of goods from different countries of the world by loading LCL (products of multiple importers in the same container).
There is no precedent for opening LCL containers inside the port in any of the developed ports.
But at Chittagong port, LCL unloaded the container from the ship and unsuffed the goods in the yard. From here the concerned importers later take the goods. But for some time now many importers have not been unloading their goods. Products unloaded from the LCL container are kept in the shed.
At present the quantity of goods has increased so much that the lack of space in the shed has become evident.
Despite repeated pleas by the port authorities, the unloading of imported goods in LCL containers has not been able to bring the expected speed.
In this situation, it has been decided to charge four times the store rent on LCL Cargo from April 11. If the goods are not delivered on time after unloading the container from the ship, the fare will be charged at four times rate.
