A shipping line on Chattogram-China maritime route has launched the operation with the anchorage of a Chinese goods-carrying vessel at Chittagong port today (September 16).
The first ship on this route MV Kota Angun, carrying 552 containers from Port of Ningbo-Zhushan of China, anchored at Chattogram Port jetty -13, BSS reported citing Chattogram Port Authority Assistant Terminal Manager (Control) Rajib Chowdhury.
A consortium of ships owned by multiple organizations has joined in this service named China-Chittagong Express (CCE).
MV Kota Angoon sailed from the Port of Ningbo-Zhushan, one of the world’s busiest seaports of China, on September 7 and reached Chattogram in nine days via Shanghai and Shekou.
Previously a goods-carrying mother vessel used to take 20 to 25 days to reach Chattogram Port from China through Singapore, Malaysia, or Colombo.
Syed Mohammad Arif, President of the Shipping Agent Association said, the new route would help improve trade with China.
Bangladesh imports machinery and raw materials for garment manufacturing and export sector from China while Bangladesh’s export basket includes jute yarn, hide, and processed hair, he said.
