CHITTAGONG, June 5 (UNB): SAIF Powertec Limited, the private operator of Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT), Tuesday said that it expected to make Chittagong port as dynamic as Singapore Port by next month.
"It'll be possible to make Chittagong port as dynamic and service-oriented as Singapore Port within July this year," Saif Powertec managing director T. MD. R. Amin said.
He expressed the hope as the company set a new record of handling 1138 TEUs containers in only 15 hours Monday, said a press release.
The private port operator made the record loading and unloading containers from Eagle Progress, a ship came from Singapore. During the period, a total of 150 containers were unloaded and 988 loaded.
Earlier, Saif Powertec set a record handling the highest number of containers on a single day.
"Saif Powertec is going to introduce computer networking service at CCT to give Chittagong port the speed and performance as in Singapore Port," Amin said, adding that CCT and Newmooring Container Terminal (NCT) have been more dynamic than ever.
The private operator has expanded SMS service, earlier introduced at CCT to locate containers, up to NCT.
The operator employed 400 skilled manpower, including 30 foreign nationals, in its endeavour to make the port more efficient.
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