The export cargo backlog in Chattogram remained almost static on Saturday.
A total of 13,766 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of export cargoes remained stockpiled at different off-docks in the port city on the day, 70 TEUs less than the volume on Friday.
The depots usually have a backlog of around 6,000 TEUs during the normal period.
This backlog has built up due to the lack of pre-assigned feeder vessels at the Chittagong Port. The feeder vessels carry the cargoes to the mother vessels for shipment to the USA and Europe markets.
On the other hand, the depots had a total of 34,255 TEUs of empty containers on Saturday, up by 565 TEUs from the figure on Friday.
And they have 10,785 TEUs of 40-ft empty containers that are needed for stuffing the exports, according to the statistics prepared by the Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA), a group of 19 privately-owned off-docks.
There are a total of 19 off-docks in Chattogram. But only 17 are in operation. They have aggregate storing capacity of 77,700 TEUs.
