Container deliveries pick up as deadlock ends

Chattagram Bureau :

Container deliveries pick up as the deadlock at Chattagram Port over the implementation of the new tariff schedule ends.

The deadlock was created by the owners of trucks, covered vans, prime movers, and trailers not driving and the C&F agents going on a four-hour strike.

Mohammad Hossain, general secretary of the Chattagram Prime Mover and Flatbed Owners Association, said that it was not a strike or a strike, but the prime mover owners stopped driving after the Tk 57 pass was increased to Tk 230.

Our trailers have not been running since the night of October 14. On Sunday, the port authorities held a meeting with the owners of goods vehicles and labor leaders and announced the suspension of the increased gate pass fee in the vehicle sector as per the new tariff schedule, and goods deliveries from the port gradually normalized in the afternoon.

According to port sources, container deliveries from the port had come down to 295 from Saturday to Sunday. From 8 am on Sunday to 8 am on Monday, which increased to 3,742.

However, the movement of goods vehicles at the port was stopped for at least 7 hours during these 24 hours.

Those concerned hope that more containers will be delivered by 8 am on Tuesday as importers have more assignments.

Against the capacity of 59 thousand TEUs (20-foot long) containers at Chattagram Port, there were 44 thousand 577 TEUs at 8 am on Sunday.
On Monday morning, it decreased to 43 thousand 947 TEUs.

The C&F Agents Association’s program has been postponed as the portauthority has assured to suspend and withdraw the extended gate passes.