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THE number of ships waiting at the Port of Chattogram has been increasing as the importers have not been removing their goods during the eight-day May Day and Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, reports Dhaka's Business Standard.
Sources at the Chattogram port said importers have stopped unloading goods from ships as the factories were closed during the vacation.
Chattogram Port Authority secretary Omor Faruk said the number of ships at the outer harbour of the port has increased, but the situation will not last long. As soon as the factories open, the traders will take delivery of the goods.
If the importers cooperate by unloading the goods, no adverse situation will arise, he said.
Port and shipping agency officials said the waiting time for the ships to dock at the jetty increases if there is congestion at the port. As a result, the time to unload the goods also increases. This is not a big problem right now, but if the congestion does not subside quickly, the delay in unloading goods will affect the industrial sector.
During the vacation, the port was closed for eight hours only on the Eid day while at other times the activities of the port were normal. But thousands of workers in 1,046 factories in Chattogram were on a vacation, so the factory owners did not need to unload their imported goods for production.
Industry insiders said even if the factories open on Saturday, most of the factory owners will start unloading the goods from the ships on Sunday.
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