The transport companies started their indefinite strike from Monday protesting staff harassment at weighbridges on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. Port Member (administration) Jafar Alam told bdnews24.com that more than 40,000 containers remained undelivered on the yard that paralysed the port on Thursday. Inland Container Depots Association Secretary Md Ruhul Amin Sikder said, "Some 6,000 containers lie stranded at the port. Only 3,930 containers from private depots reached the port between 6 am Tuesday and 6pm Wednesday." A total of 90 percent of the goods for export are brought to these private ports from where they are exported through Chittagong port, he informed.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2016 14:03 UTC