In order to alleviate port congestion, Chittagong collects double container demurrage
- Author:Cynthia
- Source:Http://www.sofreight.com/
- Release Date:2017-08-24
To ease port congestion, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has doubled the demurrage costs by $ 12 per day / Teu, $ 24 / Feu.
ChittagongThe Port Authority (CPA) stipulates that importers will charge $ 6 / teu and $ 12 / Feu per day for four days after the goods are unloaded, and the price will be doubled after more than seven days. The Port Authority said the provisions of the storage fee doubled in order to alleviate the port congestion, this measure will be the latest in December this year or in mid-January next year to cancel.
On August 18, Golam Sarwar, director of port traffic at Chittagong, said in an announcement of the import and transport agent that the current increase in the number of FCL containers in Chittagong has resulted in a lack of storage space in Chittagong and disrupted the daily business of Chittagong.
Recently, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has introduced several new measures aimed at mitigating port congestion, including quantitative rationing of port ships to limit ship types.
In the previous, Chittagong Harbor terminal crane was hit, but also exacerbated the Ji Dagang congestion situation.
At present, the number of containers that can be stored in Chittagong is 36357Teu, of which the number of imported containers is 26857Teu, the number of export containers is 4000Teu and the number of empty containers is 5500Teu.
Mohammad Hatem, former vice chairman of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), said in an interview that we had to extend the storage of containerized cargo by the Chittagong Port Authority and the customs authorities The
"We have been seriously affected by the fact that we have to spend a lot of time loading and unloading cargo at the port, and we have been affected by the harbor fee levied by the Port Authority."
ChittagongThe Port Authority (CPA) stipulates that importers will charge $ 6 / teu and $ 12 / Feu per day for four days after the goods are unloaded, and the price will be doubled after more than seven days. The Port Authority said the provisions of the storage fee doubled in order to alleviate the port congestion, this measure will be the latest in December this year or in mid-January next year to cancel.
On August 18, Golam Sarwar, director of port traffic at Chittagong, said in an announcement of the import and transport agent that the current increase in the number of FCL containers in Chittagong has resulted in a lack of storage space in Chittagong and disrupted the daily business of Chittagong.
Recently, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has introduced several new measures aimed at mitigating port congestion, including quantitative rationing of port ships to limit ship types.
In the previous, Chittagong Harbor terminal crane was hit, but also exacerbated the Ji Dagang congestion situation.
At present, the number of containers that can be stored in Chittagong is 36357Teu, of which the number of imported containers is 26857Teu, the number of export containers is 4000Teu and the number of empty containers is 5500Teu.
Mohammad Hatem, former vice chairman of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), said in an interview that we had to extend the storage of containerized cargo by the Chittagong Port Authority and the customs authorities The
"We have been seriously affected by the fact that we have to spend a lot of time loading and unloading cargo at the port, and we have been affected by the harbor fee levied by the Port Authority."
Mohammad Hatem said: "At present, the garment industry at home and abroad are under pressure, he himself is a knitwear exporter MB Knit Fashion owner, clothing exports and prices have declined, we will not be able to bear the additional costs, and The delay in the container is something we can not control. "
Mohammad Hatem believes that Chittagong currently lacks sufficient equipment to ship the container to Hong Kong.
Chittagong port in 2016 port throughput of 2.3 million Teu, an increase of 16%, far more than its design capacity of 1.7 million Teu.
Mohammad Hatem believes that Chittagong currently lacks sufficient equipment to ship the container to Hong Kong.
Chittagong port in 2016 port throughput of 2.3 million Teu, an increase of 16%, far more than its design capacity of 1.7 million Teu.