Operation starts by Nov end

After the formal inauguration by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country's first Single Point Mooring (SPM) is going to be commercially commissioned at the end of the current month of November, reports UNB.

The PM inaugurated the SPM on November 11 along with some other projects including the first unit of 1200 MW Matarbari coal-fired power plant.

Initially the SPM will be operated by its Chinese contractor and later a private operator will be hired for its full-fledged operation, said a deputy general manager of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).The China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd is currently building the country's maiden SPM system as its contractor.