Berth operators for army deployment
Private berth operators on Sunday demanded deployment of army personnel at Chittagong Port to ensure its entire security as well as to resolve the ongoing problems of the port.
Berth Operator Owners Association made the appeal at a press conference held at a local hotel in the port city in the afternoon, reports our staff correspondent in Chittagong. "We want immediate deployment of army personnel to ensure entire security of the port and to resolve the existing problems," said Shahadat Hossain Selim, senior vice-president of the association. The newly appointed six private berth operators at General Cargo Berths (GCBs) could not start their scheduled operation on Friday in face of protest by the dock workers.
On October 8, around 15 workers of a private berth operator were injured and three port officials assaulted when dock workers protested against the handling of containers by the operators before fulfilling their demands. Everest Enterprise, one of the six newly appointed private berth operators, was scheduled to start handling containers on the day but they could not start operation following the attack.
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