News / More than 3,000 trucks wait at Chittagong to unload exports

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Some 3,300 trucks, laden with export cargo, are waiting at the gates of the 19 off docks in Chittagong to unload goods, while some 9,300 teu export-ready containers are awaiting vessel designation for shipment.

Usually some 6,000 teu of outbound containers are waiting for shipment, but an extra 3,300 teu are now waiting following a suspension of trucks from highways, due to Eid.

The seven-day truck suspension was imposed in order to facilitate the movement of public buses and other vehicles ...