Record container handling in a day at Ctg port
Chittagong Port has handled the highest-ever containers in a single day. SAIF Powertec Limited, the government-appointed private operator of Chittagong Container Terminal, handled 1,769 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers on Friday at the CCT. Unloading and loading of the containers from three ships were completed in 24 hours, according to a press release. Earlier, the terminal could handle 700 to 800 containers in 24 hours. Since taking over operations of CCT on March 5 this year, SAIF Powertec set a target to complete unloading and loading of a single ship in 24 hours. Now the private port operator has exceeded its target. Three ships were disposed on the day. The ships were Precious River, Xpress Makalu and Banga Borak. Some 157 box containers were unloaded from and 380 were loaded in Precious River. A total of 26 box containers were unloaded from and 316 loaded in Xpress Makalu. In Banga Borak, 90 box containers were unloaded and 258 loaded.
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