Following a meeting between leaders of the Bangladesh Truck, Covered Van, Tank Lorry, Prime Mover Owners and Workers Coordination Council and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on 8 November (Monday), truckers and covered van owners have postponed the ongoing strike.
This has, reportedly, resulted in Chittagong Port, which handles bulk of the export and import including readymade garments shipment, facing huge pressure as loading and unloading activities resumed in full swing at the port after almost four days even as goods meant for export entered the port for shipment, while imported goods were unloaded from containers.
Media reports maintained this citing concerned port officials.
Speaking to the media, Secretary of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), Md. Omar Faruk, reportedly, claimed the port faced huge pressure as a total of 3,500 TEUs containers were handled on the day after resumption of activities even as another CPA official, reportedly, maintained container-laden lorries and covered vans were waiting to take delivery of the goods even as three ships, which were waiting at the port for taking goods, left the port with around 400 containers of export consignments, principally apparel products, as other containers, supposed to be carried by these ships, reportedly, could not reach the port due to the strike.
