Chittagong seaport is set to see severe container and vessel congestion in its yards as Bangladesh approaches the nine-day Eid festival holiday on Friday.
Ahead of the closure, some vessels have already been waiting four to five days to berth at the port.
Some 13 containerships were waiting at the outer anchorage today, while the yards held nearly 42,000 teu of containers of a total storage capacity of 49,018 teu.
Fearing the congestion will be significant, the government has decided to ...
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