
A delegation of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh, led by its chairman Md Rezaul Karim, paid a courtesy call on shipping and textiles and jute adviser Brigadier General, retd, M Sakhawat Hossain at the conference room of the ministry on Sunday, says a press release.
SCB senior vice chairman Md Ariful Ahsan, vice chairman Ganesh Chandra Saha and director Syed Md Bakhtiar also attended the meeting.
In the beginning, SCB chairman highlighted the activities of the council to the adviser and said that Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh had been playing an important role in solving various problems regarding trade and export since its inception. The delegation placed recommendations to solve problems arising in the country's ports' management.
The delegation emphasised self-mobilising and modernising the operations of sea and land ports and urged the adviser to install more scanners at Chattogram port with the help of customs and NBR. They also urged the adviser to keep the existing scanners operational.