Nasir announced that three organisations of the lighter vessel owners would start giving serials and allocating vessels from a single platform from March 23.
A section of lighter vessel operators and cargo agents in Bangladesh are not accepting the interim solution for allocating ships to transport import cargo from Chattogram port via inland waterways, citing preferential treatment in the selection process.
Leaders of the Inland Vessel Owners Association of Chattogram (IVOAC) yesterday accused a section of leaders of the Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Owners Association (BCVOA) of orchestrating the obstruction of loading, unloading, and transport of goods from the former’s allocated vessels.
A committee will be formed comprising representatives of all the stakeholders and regulatory authorities to find a way forward by resolving the prevailing disputes among lighter vessel owners regarding transport of import cargo from the Chattogram port on inland waterways.
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