Chattogram: Bangladesh Inland Container Depot Association (BICDA) has decided to postpone its planned cessation of operational activities for one month following a successful dialogue with relevant authorities. Earlier, BICDA had announced that private container depots, also known as off-docks, intended to halt all operations starting from 6 am today to advocate for their demands.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the decision to suspend the protest program emerged after a tripartite meeting involving BICDA, Chattogram Customs House (CCH), and Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) held at CPA Bhaban this evening. CPA Secretary Omar Faruk informed BSS that BICDA agreed to defer its protest activities for a month after receiving assurances that their demands would be reviewed optimistically.
BICDA leaders have committed to fully cooperating in maintaining seamless export-import activities by continuing full-scale container-handling operations at their depots. BICDA Secretary General Ruhul Amin Sikder shared with journalists post-meeting that the program was postponed after CPA Chairman Commodore Ahmed Amin Abdullah extended an invitation for discussions and promised an acceptable resolution within the upcoming month.
There are 19 private container depots in and around Chattogram city responsible for handling all export-bound containers, a significant portion of empty containers, and 65 categories of import cargo.