Chattogram port stops dock activities as cyclone nears

Export-import activities hit a snag as Chattogram port shut its activities for the approaching severe cyclonic storm Fani this morning.

Loading-unloading have been stopped and the ships at jetties sent to outer anchorage for safe harbour.

Lighterage vessels have been sent upstream of Karnaphuli River for safe anchoring and the port hoisted its second-highest danger signal.

However, the road delivery system of containers and bulk items through lorries, train and other means are still operational.

21 ships were sent away from jetties to the fleet of 59 other mother ships harboured in the outer anchorage region.

At the port, authorities hoisted their own alert number 3, what is the second highest alert as per its Cyclone Disaster Preparedness and Post-Cyclone Rehabilitation Plan of 1992.

Chattogram port is the key port of Bangladesh that handles nearly 80 per cent of the country’s total export-import activities.

Source: thedailystar