New container terminal  to start  in Ctg Port tomorrow

C T Online Desk: A new container yard of Chittagong port built at a cost of around Tk 160 crore will be launched on Sunday. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury is scheduled to inaugurate the new terminal   at Chittagong Port on Sunday. The yard has been constructed on 34 and a half acres of land next to the

old dock labor colony of Chittagong port. Named the New Mooring  Container Yard, the yard can hold 16,000 TEUS containers. However, 4 thousand

containers can be kept in the ground of the yard. The yard has the capacity to hold 16,000 containers in fourlevels with four hights. The yard will play an important role in the overall operation of the port’s New MooringContainer Terminal (NCT) and Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT).