Ship arrival up at Ctg port
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Arrival of ships, mostly foreign cargo vessels, at Chittagong Port recorded an increase in the first nine months of current year compared with the corresponding period a year ago, port officials said. According to reports available here, a total of 1,336 vessels called at this premier port of the country from January to September this year against 1,269 ships that arrived here during the same period last year, showing an increase of 67 vessels. Officials attributed the increase in ship arrival to upsurge in trading through this port. Besides, ships with food grains called at the port after the monsoon flooding that hit the country last August, they added. Official reports said during the first nine months this year Chittagong Port handled 15.89 million tonnes of import and export cargo, up from 15.70 million tonnes recorded in the corresponding period last year. Handling of container cargo also witnessed an increase at Chittagong Port, triggering space congestion at the port yards, officials said.
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