New container service on Ctg-Haldia-Colombo route from April 1
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A Singapore-based shipping company will launch a container service from Chittagong Port on India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka route on April 1.Officials said the Orient Express Lines (OEL) has pressed two container vessels into its service for the route. "We may increase the number of voyages in future with the growth of cargo," said General Manager of OEL Biju Oomen. "We want to provide faster and efficient service to our customers on this route as it (the route) holds potential," Oomen added. In the first voyage from Chittagong Port, MV Makassar, a Panama flag-carrying vessel, will carry 400 containers to Colombo, said Hilton Mike, line manager of OEL. "Our vessels will ply on Chittagong-Haldia-Colombo route. The vessels of other operators do not anchor at Haldia," Mike said. Earlier, OEL introduced shipping service on Chittagong-Yangon route but suspended the services two months ago after one year in operation.
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