New record at Mongla port. In the last 70 years, so many ships have not arrived in any month.

New record at Mongla port. In the last 70 years, so many ships have not arrived in any month.

Defence Research Forum- DefRes

1 January 2020

Panama flag-carrying ship ‘ MV Wanga ‘ anchored at Mongla Port’s 10 No. Mooring Boy on the night of 31th December at almost the last hour of 2020 And with this a new record was created in the history of the port. 117 ships arrived in Mongla port in a month. In the last 70 years, so many ships have not come to the Mongla port in any month.

The ‘MV Wangda’ ship with fertilizer from the port of George Lasfa in Morocco last November 23 It anchors the Mongla port around 8 pm. Harbor Master Commander Sheikh Fakr Uddin of Mongla Port Authority informed about the record by confirmation of this information on Thursday at 11 pm. Foreigners are interested in using the port as modern facilities increase and the number of ship arrivals is increasing, he also said.

The number of ship arrivals in Mongla port in the fiscal year 2014-15 was 416 There were 482 in the 2015-16 fiscal year. There were 624 in the 2016-17 fiscal year. There were 784 in the 2017-18 fiscal year. In the 2018-19 fiscal year, that number comes to 912

Statistics show that the number of ship arrivals in the port has increased from 120 to 150 each year. The port authorities hope that the number of ships arriving at Mongla port in 2021 will exceed one thousand in that continuity.