The Marco-Bridge of PIL will take window berth at the jetty of New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at 12.30pm, heralding the new berthing system, port sources said.

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) allowed four feeder vessel operators carrying goods between Chittagong-Singapore and Chittagong-Colombo routes to take the advance schedule of berthing.

Under the new system of international standard, arrival and berthing of a vessel at the port will be fixed around one month ago to help both importers and exporters make plan for shipment.

The system is also expected to save time and money.

The feeder operators that have already got approval for the window berthing are PIL, Sea-Consortium, OEL and local HRC Shipping. Eight feeder vessels of each of the four operators will be able to take window berthing.

After introduction of window berthing, CPA will keep the jetty free and ready for the vessels scheduled for taking berthing. Besides, any vessel failing the schedule of the window berthing for three times will face berth-out and penalty as well.