Chittagong port yards face severe box congestions in lockdown

The ongoing lockdown in Bangladesh has started taking a toll on the shipping sector, especially on port yards, creating severe congestion as importers are hardly taking delivery of containers.

Importers say the factories and warehouses are now closed due to lockdown and all employees are on leave thus there is none to take delivery of containers from the port yards.

Amid the situation, the Bangladesh Customs on 25 July approved shifting of all kinds of import containers to 19 privately owned inland container depots (ICDs) to lower the number of boxes at the port yard.

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Brazilian Exports to the Port of Chittagong | Jan 2019 to May 2021 | TEU

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Meantime, the port authority also threatened to penalize the errant importers who do not take delivery of containers within four free days of their unloading at the port yards.

In Chittagong port, importers do not pay rent for storing containers first four days of their common landing. Rent is collected from the fifth day onwards.

Source: Container News

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