City Desk :
Shipping, Textiles and Jute Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain on Sunday called for establishing direct maritime communication with Norway.
“Currently, it takes 40 to 45 days or more to reach European Union countries from Chattogram port through transshipment, whereas if direct shipping is established in Norway from Bangladesh, it is possible to reach goods from Chattogram to any port in Norway within 15 days. It will take less than 18 to 23 days on average. Freight cost will also be reduced significantly,” he said, reports BSS.
The adviser made the call while Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh Hakon Arald Gulbrandsen met with him at his office at the Ministry of Shipping here, a press release said.
