Dwaipayan Barua

Transportation of imported cargo from the Chattogram port to different parts of the country through inland water routes may face disruptions as disputes among lighter vessel owners’ organisations over managing the trade has intensified.

A recently formulated policy for transporting imported cargoes from Chattogram to different parts of the country has failed to be enforced thanks to strong opposition from importers and vessel owners, as they accused the system of posing threats to monopolise control over vessel serials and fares.

Although the steel industry is crucial for developing modern economies, Bangladesh was completely devoid of one until the year 1952.

Workers postponed strike

Two tankers caught fire during ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the anchorage off Kutubdia, Chattogram, early yesterday, in the third incident of vessels catching fire in two weeks.

In a bid to maintain the country’s oil supply, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is set to resume the transportation of crude oil from mother vessels to the Eastern Refinery within one to two days by chartering a foreign oil tanker.

Banglar Shourabh chief engineer narrates how the fire ignited and how it spread

Different shipping lines are showing interest in expanding their services to directly connect and quickly transport cargo between the Chattogram port in Bangladesh and those in China, the biggest source for local imports.

It has been nearly a month that an automobile dealer has been waiting for a container loaded with reconditioned parts to reach the inland container depot (ICD) at Kamalapur, Dhaka from the Chattogram port over railway.

It has been nearly a month that an automobile dealer has been waiting for a container loaded with reconditioned parts to reach the inland container depot (ICD) at Kamalapur, Dhaka from the Chattogram port over railway..The parts, imported by M/s Partsco Automobiles of Munshiganj’s Sirajdik

The acute container backlog at the Chattogram port has started to ease, albeit at a snail’s pace, thanks to daily deliveries and transfers over the past week following the resumption of vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

A long queue of vessels has formed at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage, with berthing delayed by up to nine days, for container yards being acutely congested and operational disruptions resulting from the quota reform movement last week.

Containers got piled up in five layers instead of four

Online assessment process began Tuesday evening

Container congestion turned acute at the Chattogram port on July 22 as deliveries remained suspended for a second consecutive day for operational complexities caused by an ongoing internet blackout and a lack of transportation facilities

Import and export activities as well as cargo and container delivery were also seriously disrupted at the country's largest seaport due to a nationwide internet blackout since July 18

Export and import activities suffered severe disruptions for the third day on July 20 amid transport problems because of violence centring the quota reform movement and internet shutdown by the government.

Operational activities at the Chattogram port moved at a snail’s pace on the fourth day of an unprecedented disruption due to the government’s imposition of a curfew and countrywide violence over the quota reform movement, hitting business and economy hard.

Cargo transport to and from the Chattogram port experienced a slowdown today as a result of the ongoing unrest and enforcement of a countrywide shutdown by quota reform activists

The long-awaited demand of businesses to shift the handling and delivery of import cargoes outside the Chattogram port yard is going to be realised soon, albeit partially, as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has given the go-ahead to this effect.