Bangladesh’s Chittagong port is set to operate large container vessels, featuring a draught of 10m and length of 200m, from early this year.
Enhancement of the port’s berthing capabilities will increase its container handling capacity as well as minimise transport costs and turnaround times at the port, according to Chittagong Port Authority secretary Omar Faruq, reported The Business Standard.
Faruq stated that 10m draught ships will reach the port’s jetty in the first half of the year and that...
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