Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has taken an initiative to issue licences to recruit new operators.

Despite the protest by the existing berth and ship handling operators, the CPA has decided to recruit the new operators.

Sources say there are currently around 60 berth operators and ship handling operators at the prime seaport of the country. New berth and ship handling operators will create much more competition and dynamism in the overall operations of the port.

According to the concerned officials of CPA, it makes no sense to have the same stevedores who previously used to handle 200,000 tonnes of goods when handling 130 million tonnes of goods and 3.3 million TEUs of containers. So, the CPA decided to appoint ne...