On 30 March, for the first time, cargo ships arrived at Chattogram port at the jetty of Karnaphuli Dry Dock Ltd., a ship repair company in Chattogram. After docking at the jetty, pieces of old iron rods were unloaded from the ships. This is the first step taken by Chattogram port to reduce the waiting time of ships carrying imported goods to private jetties.
On the south bank of the river Karnaphuli, there are two jetties at the Karnaphuli Dry Dock in Anwara. One is under construction and construction of the other one has been completed this month. As soon as construction was completed, a ship under the name ‘MV Dina Ocean’ was docked there for the first time. The 154-metre-long ship came from Japan with 15,221 tons of pieces of old iron.
M. A. Rashid, managing director at Karnaphuli Dry Dock Ltd., said, “The jetty under construction will be completed this month. Then two ships can be sailed together. This way 10-12 ships can dock at the jetty in a month. The jetty is being upgraded to allow a 170-metre-long vessels to dock there.”
As the import of goods through the Chattogram port continues to increase, the queue of ships has also been increasing for several months. Because of this, Chattogram Port Authority has taken an initiative make all the jetties of private and public organisations on both sides of the river Karnaphuli usable. As the first step of this initiative, a ship was docked at this jetty.
The ship, which docked at a private jetty, was carrying raw materials for the BSRM Group, a steel company.
