Chittagong Port facing container congestions during the six day long Eid-ul-Azha holidays , a port users sources said. All types of activities of the port except container handing was suspended during the holidays.
As a result the container congestions in the port shed witnessed seriously. Lack of container storing in the sheds, the unloading of containers from vessels remained suspended . Despite ending of holidays, the port activities are going in snail pace , a beneficiary sources said.
Port users sources said on average 3000 TEUs containers used to release per day but during the eid holidays only 1,725 containers were delivered from the port sheds.
A number of container vessels are waiting in the outer berth, sources said. Port sources said there are space for storing 26 000 TEUs containers in the port sheds but about 32000 containers were stored.
While contacted Member(admin) of Chittagong port Jafar Alam told that only on eid day, the port activities was suspended but after that all activities were running.
But the non-delivery of containers by the ICDs , the congestions of containers created and he hoped the congestions will be resolved very shortly.
