Sarwaruddin, Ctg Bureau :
Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral Md. Khaled Iqbal said a sea port of medium size will be built in between Sitakunda and Mirsarai coastal belt very shortly.
He informed that the feasibility study of the port already completed in the meantime. He disclosed it while exchanging views with the journalists at Fazlur Rahman Munishi Auditorium(Port Auditorium) in port area yesterday afternoon .
Port chairman also discussed the progress of the port and its future planning with the journalists. CPA chairman also told that present govt has taken programs for building 10 specialised economic zone across the country and out of these, 3 SEZ will be located at Anowara, Mirsarai in Chittagong and Feni which are very nearer to Chittagong Port.
He said economic feasibility study for the proposed port will be done in second phase. After implementation of the proposed port , the SEZ will get better support , he added. He further informed that this port will be a part of the Dhaka-Chittagong-Coxbazar economic corridor planning.
Meanwhile, CPA chairman depicted the present scenario of the port including ship congestions, container congestions,container handling and explained the reasons of ship congestions some days ago. He said at present the port has no congestions and a number of measures taken to ease the ship handing in inner and outer berths.
He also informed that port handling equipments of Tk.1200 crores will be procured immediately for increasing the container handling. He also apprised about the NOC for the proposed Bay Terminal at Patenga from the Department of Environment now under process. He said an agreement with German Port construction firm viz. Hamburg Company will be give for feasibility study will be signed in this week which will take about 9 months to complete the study. About complications in undergoing port activities due to irregularities and corruptions as questioned by the journalists,
CPA chairman told that if any corruptions, irregularities are traced , authority will take necessary actions against the concerned . He also disclosed to the journos thatCPA will incur about 28000 to 30,000 crores of taka in next five years for the development of the existing port aimed at global competitions of marine trade. A multimedia projections presented before the journos of present ongoing activities and future plannings of the port, sources said. The multimedia projections mentioned during the fiscal of 2014-15 18.67 lakh TEUs containers and in 2015-16 21.89 lakh TEUs containers were handled in this port and gradually the handlings of containers will go up accordingly. Sources said at present 300 CCTV installed within the port areas and more 500 CCTV will be installed in phases next for update monitoring of the port activities.
Among others, Member(Admn&Planning) Md.Zafar Alam, Member(Eng)Commodore Zulfikar Aziz, Member(Finance) Kamrul Amin, Director(Transport) Golam Sarwar, Chief Engineer Nazmul Hoque, Director(Admn) Sadeka Begum, Secretary Omar Faruk, Deputy Secretary Azizul Mowla were present on the occasion. Member(Admn & Plan) presented the power point projection in the views exchanging with the media personalities.
Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral Md. Khaled Iqbal said a sea port of medium size will be built in between Sitakunda and Mirsarai coastal belt very shortly.
He informed that the feasibility study of the port already completed in the meantime. He disclosed it while exchanging views with the journalists at Fazlur Rahman Munishi Auditorium(Port Auditorium) in port area yesterday afternoon .
Port chairman also discussed the progress of the port and its future planning with the journalists. CPA chairman also told that present govt has taken programs for building 10 specialised economic zone across the country and out of these, 3 SEZ will be located at Anowara, Mirsarai in Chittagong and Feni which are very nearer to Chittagong Port.
He said economic feasibility study for the proposed port will be done in second phase. After implementation of the proposed port , the SEZ will get better support , he added. He further informed that this port will be a part of the Dhaka-Chittagong-Coxbazar economic corridor planning.
Meanwhile, CPA chairman depicted the present scenario of the port including ship congestions, container congestions,container handling and explained the reasons of ship congestions some days ago. He said at present the port has no congestions and a number of measures taken to ease the ship handing in inner and outer berths.
He also informed that port handling equipments of Tk.1200 crores will be procured immediately for increasing the container handling. He also apprised about the NOC for the proposed Bay Terminal at Patenga from the Department of Environment now under process. He said an agreement with German Port construction firm viz. Hamburg Company will be give for feasibility study will be signed in this week which will take about 9 months to complete the study. About complications in undergoing port activities due to irregularities and corruptions as questioned by the journalists,
CPA chairman told that if any corruptions, irregularities are traced , authority will take necessary actions against the concerned . He also disclosed to the journos thatCPA will incur about 28000 to 30,000 crores of taka in next five years for the development of the existing port aimed at global competitions of marine trade. A multimedia projections presented before the journos of present ongoing activities and future plannings of the port, sources said. The multimedia projections mentioned during the fiscal of 2014-15 18.67 lakh TEUs containers and in 2015-16 21.89 lakh TEUs containers were handled in this port and gradually the handlings of containers will go up accordingly. Sources said at present 300 CCTV installed within the port areas and more 500 CCTV will be installed in phases next for update monitoring of the port activities.
Among others, Member(Admn&Planning) Md.Zafar Alam, Member(Eng)Commodore Zulfikar Aziz, Member(Finance) Kamrul Amin, Director(Transport) Golam Sarwar, Chief Engineer Nazmul Hoque, Director(Admn) Sadeka Begum, Secretary Omar Faruk, Deputy Secretary Azizul Mowla were present on the occasion. Member(Admn & Plan) presented the power point projection in the views exchanging with the media personalities.
