Lack of pick-up and delivery clogs Chittagong docks

CONTAINER congestion has again threatened the big Bangledeshi port of Chittagong with serious delays resulting from a slow down in pick-ups and delivery, forcing ships to stop unloading, reported the Financial Express of Dhaka.

Chittagong port, which handles over 1.2 million containers a year, is divided into three major areas. The general cargo berth area, a major part of Chittagong port, became congested over the weekend with a pile up of 8,608 containers in a yard that could only take 9,000.

Feeder operators also said their vessels remained idle at berths Saturday as they failed to unload cargo, said the report.

Maersk manager Maung Yine told the Financial Express that his vessel, the Triumph, with 1,100 import containers, took berth at 8:30am, but could not unload a box until 2pm because of a lack of dock space.

Feeder operators also said three more vessels carrying at least 3,000 import containers, belonging to APL, Seacon and Tridan Shipping Lines also suffered.

But port officials said it was temporary, the result of the Eid vacation.
(Source:www.schednet.com)