First trial containership from Kolkata arrives on Bangladesh
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The first trial containership from Kolkata containing cargo for transshipment to North-Eastern states of India docked at the Chattogram port morning hours on Tuesday.
Confirming this kind of to the Prasar Bharti Distinctive Correspondent in Dhaka, the Secretary of the Chattogram Slot Authority Md. Omar Faruk explained that the ship MV Shejyoti docked at the outer anchorage in early stages Tuesday morning.
The ship was flagged off through video conferencing earlier by the Shipping Minister Mansukh Madaviya on Thursday.
The ship is carrying four containers consisting of iron bars and pulses to be transhipped to North-Eastern states of India through the land border of Bangladesh. Additionally it is carrying more than 200 containers imported by the Bangladeshi traders.
The trial run follows the understanding reached between your two countries through the visit of Bangladesh Primary Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in October 2019 when the typical Operating Methods (SoP) for the utilization of Chattogram and Mongla ports for transit of goods was finalised.
The operationalisation of the ports of transit for Indian goods will substantially reduce the time used carrying goods through Bangladesh although it may also enhance business and income for Bangladesh as its trucks and vessels will be used to move the Indian cargo.
In recent years both countries have improved cooperation in shipping and inland water trade. Under the Protocol on Inland Normal water Transit and Trade, as well as the six existing Ports of Contact, five even more in each region have already been added recently.
Source: http://www.ddinews.gov.in
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