News / Chittagong port gets tough, with new directives on DG after lethal fires

21/06/2022

Chittagong port authority (CPA) has wasted no time in issuing new directives to minimise risk after devastating fires from dangerous goods destroyed a container yard, killing 48 people and injuring hundreds more this month.

Chittagong still has some 2,064 teu of dangerous goods (DG) in containers in its yards and CPA has issued 17 directives or recommendations to port ...