A ship carrying material for the Bangabandhu rail bridge arrived at Mongla port, authorities said on Sunday.
The Panama flag carrier, “MV Ever Champion,” carrying 1,411 tonnes of material for the railway bridge arrived at the number 8 jetty of the port around 11am.
On March 7, another ship carrying material for the railway bridge arrived at the port from Vietnam.
Shawkat Ali, operation manager of local shipping agent Haque and Sons Ltd, said the ship anchored at Mongla port in the morning and the work to unload the goods was underway.
The material will be sent to the Bangabandhu Bridge railway authorities within two days.
It is the sixth shipment carrying material for the railway bridge to arrive at the port.
On March 5, a ship named “Hidong-9” carrying 1,556 tonnes of the machinery of the bridge arrived at Mongla port.
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 aimed at boosting rail communication between the capital and western zones of Bangladesh Railway.
The main bridge will be constructed in two phases. Two separate agreements have already been signed with Obayashi-TOA-JFE, Japan and IHI-SMCC JV, Japan for eastern and western parts of civil work respectively.
