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Gearless container feeder vessels are facing three-to-four-day delays in berthing at Chittagong Port.

Operators are claiming that means they are seeing costs rise because of the “discriminatory” policy of the port authority.

Some 45 gearless feeder vessels ply to and from Chittagong port and transhipment ports in Colombo, Singapore, Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas to ferry containers to and from mother vessels.

But shipowners claim Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is prioritising berthing to flag-carrier vessels and those that sail directly to Europe from ...

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