The new Container Freight Station (CFS) at the Chittagong Port, which is already built and ready to be launched shortly, is expected to speed up the unloading of less-than-container-load (LCL) cargo that usually has raw materials for the garment sector of Bangladesh.
Media reports maintained this even as it cited the concerned officials to maintain the new shed, built on 8,692 sqm of space, can accommodate 1,000 LCL container units, even if goods from at least 50 single containers can be unloaded there every day.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, BGMEA Vice-President Syed Nazrul Islam, reportedly, maintained most LCL containers have products for the garments industry and any delay in unloading goods affects production.
“…the initiative to launch new sheds will benefit the country’s garments export sector,” reportedly, stated the BGMEA Vice President even as reports citing sources said two types of containers are loaded at Chittagong Port namely full-container-loads (FCLs) and LCLs even if FCL container carries goods of only one importer, while an LCL has products of several importers in one container.
Sources further underlined FCL containers can be directly delivered to the importer from the port but since an LCL container has goods of multiple importers, it needs to go through physical inspection by customs officials, which is a time-consuming process and requires a large open yard.
