Movement of containers at Chattogram Port remains suspended since Tuesday morning as prime movers (trailer) enforced a strike, demanding their wages as declared from the government.
The workers, who operate the trailers loaded with containers to their designated vessels, began gathering in the morning. They left their vehicles stranded at the port, halting the movement of goods-laden containers.
The Prime Mover (trailer), Concrete Mixer, Flatbed, and Dump Truck Workers鈥� union called a two-day strike, demanding government-declared wages, job appointments after recruitment, and ID cards with photos.
Every day, around 2,000 containers are moved in the port area.
Ruhul Amin Shikdar, general secretary of the government depot association, said that if the situation continued, export activities would be delayed.
Md Omar Faruk, secretary of the port, said that the jetty, yard, and terminal activities were normal.
An initiative had been taken to hold a meeting between the workers and owners regarding the ongoing strike, he added.
