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Costs fall as big ships call at Chittagong after dredging
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/03/17 09:50:51
SHIPPING costs have come down after 10-metre draft vessels can now berth at the Chittagong port, reports Dakha's Financial Express.
Earlier, lighter ships used to transport goods to and from larger vessels anchored at the outer anchorage of the port, increasing costs, said the report.
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Omar Faruk said the port authority will conduct the maintenance to ensure the smooth navigation and prevent siltation after dredging has been completed.
Chittagong port, the prime seaport of the country, can now accommodate 200-metre long and 10-metre draft ships.
The works of the project of capital dredging of the Karnaphuli River ended in October last year. Now the berthing of the big ships at the port's jetties, facilitated by the dredging, has opened new opportunities.
Commander Arifur Rahman, chief hydrographer of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), said they dredged 5.01 million cubic metres of garbage from the river bed - 50 per cent of it polythene.
"We started cleaning a 13 feet thick layer of polythene from the river bed. As the polythene layers were as thick as 21 feet under the water body in many areas of the river, the imported suction dredging machine developed glitches and failed to dredge the river bed," he said.
"Then we used locally-made grab dredgers to clean the 21 feet thick layer of polythene, plastic, iron, wood and other hard objects from numerous spots of the river bed," said Cdr Rahman.
Earlier, lighter ships used to transport goods to and from larger vessels anchored at the outer anchorage of the port, increasing costs, said the report.
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Secretary Omar Faruk said the port authority will conduct the maintenance to ensure the smooth navigation and prevent siltation after dredging has been completed.
Chittagong port, the prime seaport of the country, can now accommodate 200-metre long and 10-metre draft ships.
The works of the project of capital dredging of the Karnaphuli River ended in October last year. Now the berthing of the big ships at the port's jetties, facilitated by the dredging, has opened new opportunities.
Commander Arifur Rahman, chief hydrographer of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), said they dredged 5.01 million cubic metres of garbage from the river bed - 50 per cent of it polythene.
"We started cleaning a 13 feet thick layer of polythene from the river bed. As the polythene layers were as thick as 21 feet under the water body in many areas of the river, the imported suction dredging machine developed glitches and failed to dredge the river bed," he said.
"Then we used locally-made grab dredgers to clean the 21 feet thick layer of polythene, plastic, iron, wood and other hard objects from numerous spots of the river bed," said Cdr Rahman.