Chittagong Dry Dock Limited under Bangladesh Navy took over the responsibility of operating much-discussed the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong port on Sunday midnight ending Saif Powertec’s 17-year operation of the facility.
Chittagong Port Authority transferred the terminal to Chittagong Dry Dock Limited, a ship yard managed by the Navy, for six months at midnight, port officials said, reports UNB.
“NCT operations have been handed over to Chattogram Dry Dock following government instructions and approval from the Port Authority's board meeting,” said Chattogram Port Secretary Omar Faruk.
He said a six-month agreement has been signed with Chattogram Dry Dock to run the terminal which came into effect from Monday.
Chittagong Dry Dock Limited, formerly an enterprise of Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation, was created as a complementary facility to Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to cater regular and emergency repair needs of the national flag carrier vessels as well as vessels those touch Chittagong Port.
On 23rd December 2015, CDDL was handed over to Bangladesh Navy (BN) and now being operated under the management of BN as state owned limited company.
The CDDL will initially be responsible for managing NCT for six months under the direct procurement method.
Saif Powertec Managing Director Tarafder Ruhul Amin said they have officially handed over NCT to the Navy but continue operations at Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) under a separate agreement.
Chattogram port has four container terminals — Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT), New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), General Cargo Berth (GCB, handling container and bulk cargo) and Patenga Container Terminal (PCT).
NCT alone handled 44 percent of the 3.2 million TEUs of containers managed by Chattogram port in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Saif Powertec had been operating NCT since 2007.
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