A Correspondent:
Bagerhat: A ship carrying 26,620 mts of coal for the Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat has ar-rived from Indonesia.
Chinese flag-carrying ‘MV Zhe Hai-526’ship arrived here at Harbaria of the Mongla port at early Satur-day.
The unloading of the coal from the vessel started around 9:40 am and it is being deposited to the jetty of Rampal Power Plant through a lighterage vessel.
Assistant manager of Shipping Agent Togi Shipping and Logistic Ltd, Khulna, Khandaker Riazul Haque, said the ship carrying the coal left for Mongla on May 27 and anchored at Harbaria-11 in Pashur Chan-nel around 5 am.
The coal will be taken to a coal shed through an automated belt, said Riazul.
On May 16, a total of 30,000 metric tonnes and 30,500 metric tonnes of coal arrived at Mongla port by MV Bashundhara Impress and MV Basundhara Majesty, on May 16 and May 29, respectively.
