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Ships will now go directly to Spain from Ctg Port


Published : 26 Apr 2022 09:02 PM

Direct shipping between Chattogram Port with Spain is going to start after Italy.  The Chattogram Port Authority has allowed three ships to operate on the new route.  The route will start next May with ships from the Spanish port of Barcelona.

The three ships allowed from Chattogram port are MV Spica, a German flagship container ship.  The ship is 151 meters long and 6.7 meters deep and can hold 750 single containers.  Another ship carrying the Cypriot flag is the Andromeda J.  This 140 meters long and 6.8 meters deep, the ship can carry 850 single containers.  Another ship is the Portuguese flagship Music.  The ship is 140 meters long and 6 meters deep, it can hold 403 single containers.

Mohammad Rashed, chairman of Reliance Shipping and Logistics Limited, said the Chattogram Port Authority had given permission to launch direct shipping at Chattogram port with Spain in Europe.  If ships are launched directly on this route, sending goods to Spain, including garment factories, is a great good news for Bangladeshi exporters.  It will be possible to send goods in just 21 days on this route.

He said that this time it would be possible to send goods to Spain very quickly, avoiding the congestion in the transhipment ports.  This will save cost and time.  The European countries Denmark, Portugal and Slovenia have already expressed interest in seeing this service of direct transport of goods from Bangladesh to Europe.  A reliable source in the port said that an announcement may be made to start direct shipping by June.

 It is to be noted that the Chattogram Port Authority has approved two ships for direct operation on the Chattogram-Italy route.  The two ships were chartered by the Italian shipping company Calypso Company de Navigation SPA.

An export-filled container from Chattogram would first go to transhipment ports such as Singapore, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Port Kelang in Malaysia and Tanjum Pelipas.  From there it would take 30-25 days to get on another big ship to Europe and there would be suffering.  Now there is an opportunity to reach any port in 16-20 days without any break.