Ctg port opens new service jetty, overflow yard

A newly built service jetty, overflow yard and a modern swimming complex were opened at Chittagong port yesterday.

State Minister of Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated the structures, which were built at the cost of Tk 196.59 crore.

He also launched a tug boat named Kandari-6 purchased for the port from local shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard at a cost of Tk 37.75 crore.

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) constructed the New Mooring Overflow Yard on a 50,853 square metre area near the old labour colony to enhance container handling and storage capacity.

From now on, the imported containers that were used to be delivered from New-Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) and Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) would be delivered from the newly built overflow yard, CPA Secretary Md Omar Faruk told The Daily Star.

Faruk said the new yard will reduce the pressure on the main jetty of the port and would allow additional containers to be stored at NCT and CCT.

Besides, the newly built jetty will be used for berthing of the port owned fleet of tugboats, speed boats, berge, dredgers and pilot boats used in providing services to the vessels arriving at the port.