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Ctg port to be digitised by year-end
Bss, Chittagong
Chittagong port will be digitalised by year-end to upgrade the premier seaport’s operations.
The port will be brought under a full computer network as part of digitalisation under Chittagong Port Trade Facilitation Umbrella Project, said officials with Chittagong Port Authority.
The Tk 225 crore project will be implemented with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank.
To this end, all activities including submission of bill of entry for export-import and the process for imposing duty of the Chittagong Customs House have already been brought under automation.
Work for implementation of two projects — the Port Management Information System (PMIS) and the Container Terminal Management System (CTMS) — is nearly complete.
The projects are being executed to make other operational activities technology-dependent, including administrative management, goods handling of ships and scanning of goods delivery of the port.
“To turn Chittagong port into a world-standard port, its activities are being computerised,” said RU Ahmed, chairman of Chittagong Port Authority.
