C T Online Desk: The new container terminal (Patenga container terminal ) was built at Chittagong port about 15 years after the construction of the New moorring Container Terminal (NCT). To increase the capacity of the port, the construction of three ships berthing terminal together Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) suitable for handling of 450,000 TEUs containers in a year .
Chittagong Port Authority Secretary. Omar Farooq told the New Nation that on Tuesday (July 12) the work of the PCT was almost at its end. Work is underway 24 hours a day to finish the rest of the work shortly . . The port authorities are completing the preparation process for container handling.
According to sources, five contracting companies under the Bangladesh Army Engineering services are working on this site. The project is being implemented at Tk 1,230 crore with the port’s own financing. On the PC, 190 meters long and 10.75 meters of draft (lower part of the ship’s water) can be berthed . The backup yard is about 16 acres in this project under construction on 32 acres of land. Where there is a capacity of 4,500 TEUs containers.
Piling has been given the highest importance for the construction of the PC jetty. Sister Concern E-Engineering Limited of Saif PowerTech. Test pilings were brought from China to the latest pile driving ship. From Malaysia, 30-38 meters long decimal 9 meters diameter was brought to 1,000 piles. The challenge in this project was the importance of the river to remove the airport road, launching the flyover, the removal of Red Crescent, Marine Fisheries, Custom F Division,.
NCT from the estuary of the Bay of Bengal, where the distance of CCT is 14-5 km, the distance of the PCT is only 5 km. There is a draft of 12 meters. Several foreign companies have shown interest as an operator to manage the PCT The possible companies are the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) in Saudi Arabia, DUP World in Dubai, AP Mueller in Denmark. The organization that gets the final order will bring containers and ship handling equipment. As a result, the port is saved at least Tk 500 crore.
