Tag: Chittagong Port

According to various reports, the CPA cleared out a total of four containers after 12 of the import of dangerous goods in those.

Bangladesh's national news reported a collision between two bulk carriers at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port.

To prevent the spread of Monkeypox disease in Bangladesh through the sea route, all ships arriving to Chittagong Port shall exercise precautionary measures.

Chicago-based EagleRail Container Logistics, signed an MoU with the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to use the former's autonomous system that deals with the cargo, Bangladesh as part of efforts to improve traffic throughput and ease congestion, aiming towards better port operations.

After a worker lost his life while cutting the ship 'Ever Union' at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh, on July 23, Evergreen released a press statement expressing sympathy for this loss of life and for any other resulting from an industrial accident. It also disclaimed any responsibility, as the ship had been already in the hands of a buyer who had provided assurances that the breakers yard concerned is a certified Green-Ship Recycling shipyard.

On July 23, a cutter man died while working at Kabir Steel’s Khawja shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. According to local sources, Shahidul was cutting the container ship Ever Union, when he fell from a great height. The Ever Union was sold for scrapping for more than $10 million. Before reaching the shore, the ship was renamed Vera and changed registry to the Paris MoU black-listed flag of Palau. 

Bangladesh is the top dumping location for discarded ships globally, with the country scrapping the highest number of ships in the first half of the 2019, according to a report from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. The report highlights that from the total 374 ships that were broken in the first half of 2019, 156 were broken in Bangladesh.

A total of 193 ships were dismantled in the second quarter of 2019 and the 146 of these were sold to South Asian scrapping beaches, according to new figures released by NGO Shipbreaking Platform. Between April and June, the Platform recorded death of at least five workers in Chittagong.

The bulk carrier 'Crystal Gold' remains unmoved from its position polluting the environment at Chittagong's Parki Sea Beach in Bangladesh, two years after it broke loose from its moorings and ran aground in heavy weather conditions. 

Responding to the increasing number of navigational incidents, accidents and near-misses in recent years, especially in the Chittagong outer anchorage, due to rising maritime traffic in the area, the local authority established new regulations and recommendations which are in effect from October 1, 2018.