The leaders of different exporters’ association and their stakeholders sat today to find out the reasons behind the ongoing acute backlog of export cargoes at different private inland container depots (ICDs).
“We tried to identify the bottlenecks and sought proposals from the stakeholders to find out solutions to the crisis that is hindering country’s export,” BGMEA President Faruque Hassan told The Daily Star.
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He spoke after the meeting held at the office of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in Dhaka.
The exporters sought exact data from Bangladesh Inland Container Depot Association about the total number of export load containers and 40-foot empty containers currently lying at the ICDs, said a source who attended the meeting.
The stakeholders discussed some proposals, including increasing the number of feeder vessels on the routes from Chittagong port to the transhipment ports to bring carry more import and export containers.
But then came into discussion the issue of the export containers to get stockpiled at the transhipment ports, which are already facing container congestion, said Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association President Kabir Ahmed.
Representatives of different export sectors, including readymade garment, knitwear, terry towel and leather goods, the leaders of freight forwarders’ association, shipping agents and buying houses also attended the meeting.
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