The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) on Tuesday held a view exchange meeting with the stakeholders and businesses on how to speed up the operational activities of the port.
The meeting was presided over by CPA Chairman Rear Admiral M Shahjahan at the port’s conference room where a director of the Prime Minister’s Office and a deputy secretary of the Ministry of Shipping joined the meeting virtually.
The representatives from the Shipping Agent Association, Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Chittagong Customs Clearing & Forwarding Agents Association, Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association, Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association, Chattogram Custom House and representatives from the Bangladesh Bank were present at the meeting.
CPA Secretary Md Omar Faruk said, ‘The CPA organises a meeting with port users every month to exchange views and understand the difficulties they might have been facing.’
‘The main purpose of the meeting is to mobilise the port activities as well as to normalise the country’s imports and exports,’ he added.
