Chittagong Bureau :
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said , the government undertook an initiative to procure 51 equipment including ship-to-shore gantry cranes, for smooth handling of the Newmooring Container Terminal (NCT) of the Chittagong Port.
“We have already installed modern equipment at the Chittagong port aimed at providing smooth and quick services to importers and exporters of the country,” he told a meeting on Development, Financial and Administrative Affairs of the Chittagong Port at his ministry conference room , Chittagong Port sources said.
Presiding over the meeting, Shajahan Khan said the government has already brought 18 equipment.
Out of 51 equipment 10 would be gantry cranes, 20 rubber tire gantry cranes, 10 straddle carriers, one rail mounted yard crane, one mobile harbor crane, five container movers and four rich starkers.
Among others, Additional Secretary M Shahadat Hossain and member of the Chittagong Port Authority Commodore Zulfikar Aziz were also present.
According to the meeting, the authority has opened letter of credits (LCs) for procuring six gantry cranes and international tender has been invited to collect four gantry cranes.
Ctg customs to re-auction goods : Chittagong Customs House on Tuesday re-auctioned 93 tonnes of imported apples and ginger that remained unclaimed since mid-October this year.
These goods were previously auctioned on December 17, Monday but authorities did not get expected price, reports our correspondent.
Assistant Commissioner (AC) Nazmul Hoque for the auction department of Chittagong Customs House confirmed it to media. “We decided to re-auction again,” Nazmul said hoping for higher prices, adding that the previous prices were lower than 13 percent of the reserve value.
Customs officials suspect bidders at the first auction acted as a syndicate and offered very low prices.
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said , the government undertook an initiative to procure 51 equipment including ship-to-shore gantry cranes, for smooth handling of the Newmooring Container Terminal (NCT) of the Chittagong Port.
“We have already installed modern equipment at the Chittagong port aimed at providing smooth and quick services to importers and exporters of the country,” he told a meeting on Development, Financial and Administrative Affairs of the Chittagong Port at his ministry conference room , Chittagong Port sources said.
Presiding over the meeting, Shajahan Khan said the government has already brought 18 equipment.
Out of 51 equipment 10 would be gantry cranes, 20 rubber tire gantry cranes, 10 straddle carriers, one rail mounted yard crane, one mobile harbor crane, five container movers and four rich starkers.
Among others, Additional Secretary M Shahadat Hossain and member of the Chittagong Port Authority Commodore Zulfikar Aziz were also present.
According to the meeting, the authority has opened letter of credits (LCs) for procuring six gantry cranes and international tender has been invited to collect four gantry cranes.
Ctg customs to re-auction goods : Chittagong Customs House on Tuesday re-auctioned 93 tonnes of imported apples and ginger that remained unclaimed since mid-October this year.
These goods were previously auctioned on December 17, Monday but authorities did not get expected price, reports our correspondent.
Assistant Commissioner (AC) Nazmul Hoque for the auction department of Chittagong Customs House confirmed it to media. “We decided to re-auction again,” Nazmul said hoping for higher prices, adding that the previous prices were lower than 13 percent of the reserve value.
Customs officials suspect bidders at the first auction acted as a syndicate and offered very low prices.
