Chittagong Bureau :
Govt has severely failed in achieving the success of the much talked Pangaon container Terminal(PCT) during last one year which was built on the river bank of Buriganga in Dhaka under the direct management of Chittagong Port Authority.
CPA sources said , an amount of Tk.177.58 crores was spent for constructing the PCT and Tk.50 cr incurred for procuring container carrying vessels.
The target of container handling was determined one lakh sixteen thousand TEUs containers in a year but in last one year not more than 5 thoussand containers was handled which is utter failure of govt estimation.
The business community blame the concerned authority for their apatheticness for operating the PCT in a proper way.
Beneficiaries sources said the conditions of the procured reconditioned container carriers not upto to mark and hence the importers became disinterested to carrry the containers by marine ways instead of surface way.
In the meantime, a number of CPA officials expressed dissatisfaction over the PCT and they blamed the authority’s apatheticness for bringing success of the operation of the PCT.
A reliable port sources said CPA handles about 16 lakh TEUs containers per annum and the 70% of these containers go tlo Dhaka and its adjoining districts area.
To facilitates the Dhaka based importers and exporters, CPA and the East zone railway jointly built Kamalapur ICD but the ultimate goal for building ICD at Kamalapur almost jeopardised due to deteriorated road condition of Dhaka-Ctg highway.
Mentionable that out of total imports for Dhaka based importers , 50% cargos transported to Dhaka by truck and covered vans, 9% goes through container movers and the 11% goes by railway container service to Kamalapur ICD.
Sufferers sources said imported cargo laden containers reach Chittagong port from Malaysian, Singaporean and Srilankan ports within ¾ days but it takes 20-24 days time to reach these containers to Dhaka ICD through railway container service from Chittagong Port.
Sources said after unloading the imported containers at CP , these containers dispatched to Dhaka ICD according to priority of serials .
On the other hand, due to bad road conditions and the political instablity hampers the despatch of containers through container movers and covered vans.
To get rid of the sufferings of transportation of containers by road or rail, CPA decided to transport the containers through water ways and hence JICA undergoes a feasibility study over 32 acres of land owned by BIWTC at Pangaon under Keranigonj in Dhaka in 1991 and accordingly container terminal was gradually built in Pangaon as per agreement with BIWTC in 2007 at a cost of Tk. 177 cr aimed at transportation of container laden cargos to Dhaka through water ways unhindered with cheaper cost .
To facilitate the transportation of cargos quickly to Dhaka, 32 private organisations have been issued licenses to procure container carriers but none procured any vessels. On the other hand BIWTC procured two container carrying vessels which are not being operated in due time and sometimes became inoperative due to technical faults.
A responsible CPA official on condition of anonymity told that container service introduced between Ctg Port and Pangaon terminal with great hope but these expectations ruined lack of container carriers and the eagerness of the importers.
Conscious quarters observed eagerness for utilization of water ways from Ctg to Dhaka should be created among the importers through secured and timely transportation of containers from Chittagong to Pangaon .
Govt has severely failed in achieving the success of the much talked Pangaon container Terminal(PCT) during last one year which was built on the river bank of Buriganga in Dhaka under the direct management of Chittagong Port Authority.
CPA sources said , an amount of Tk.177.58 crores was spent for constructing the PCT and Tk.50 cr incurred for procuring container carrying vessels.
The target of container handling was determined one lakh sixteen thousand TEUs containers in a year but in last one year not more than 5 thoussand containers was handled which is utter failure of govt estimation.
The business community blame the concerned authority for their apatheticness for operating the PCT in a proper way.
Beneficiaries sources said the conditions of the procured reconditioned container carriers not upto to mark and hence the importers became disinterested to carrry the containers by marine ways instead of surface way.
In the meantime, a number of CPA officials expressed dissatisfaction over the PCT and they blamed the authority’s apatheticness for bringing success of the operation of the PCT.
A reliable port sources said CPA handles about 16 lakh TEUs containers per annum and the 70% of these containers go tlo Dhaka and its adjoining districts area.
To facilitates the Dhaka based importers and exporters, CPA and the East zone railway jointly built Kamalapur ICD but the ultimate goal for building ICD at Kamalapur almost jeopardised due to deteriorated road condition of Dhaka-Ctg highway.
Mentionable that out of total imports for Dhaka based importers , 50% cargos transported to Dhaka by truck and covered vans, 9% goes through container movers and the 11% goes by railway container service to Kamalapur ICD.
Sufferers sources said imported cargo laden containers reach Chittagong port from Malaysian, Singaporean and Srilankan ports within ¾ days but it takes 20-24 days time to reach these containers to Dhaka ICD through railway container service from Chittagong Port.
Sources said after unloading the imported containers at CP , these containers dispatched to Dhaka ICD according to priority of serials .
On the other hand, due to bad road conditions and the political instablity hampers the despatch of containers through container movers and covered vans.
To get rid of the sufferings of transportation of containers by road or rail, CPA decided to transport the containers through water ways and hence JICA undergoes a feasibility study over 32 acres of land owned by BIWTC at Pangaon under Keranigonj in Dhaka in 1991 and accordingly container terminal was gradually built in Pangaon as per agreement with BIWTC in 2007 at a cost of Tk. 177 cr aimed at transportation of container laden cargos to Dhaka through water ways unhindered with cheaper cost .
To facilitate the transportation of cargos quickly to Dhaka, 32 private organisations have been issued licenses to procure container carriers but none procured any vessels. On the other hand BIWTC procured two container carrying vessels which are not being operated in due time and sometimes became inoperative due to technical faults.
A responsible CPA official on condition of anonymity told that container service introduced between Ctg Port and Pangaon terminal with great hope but these expectations ruined lack of container carriers and the eagerness of the importers.
Conscious quarters observed eagerness for utilization of water ways from Ctg to Dhaka should be created among the importers through secured and timely transportation of containers from Chittagong to Pangaon .
