The first shipment of goods for the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge construction work has arrived from Vietnam, officials said on Saturday.
The South Korean flag carrier, MV Woohyun Hope, carrying 2,356 tonnes of machinery for the railway bridge, docked at the port’s jetty-7 on Saturday afternoon, Sheikh Fakar Uddin, harbour master of Mongla port told UNB.
The ship left Vietnam's Hai Phong port on July 25 for Bangladesh.
"Unloading of goods from the ship will start tonight," Fakar added.
On November 29, 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of a 4.8km double-line dual-gauge Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge with the aim of boosting rail communications between the capital and Western zones of the country.
The main bridge will be constructed in two packages. Two separate agreements have already been signed with Obayashi-TOA-JFE, Japan and IHI-SMCC JV, Japan for eastern and western parts of civil works respectively.
