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Ministry to decide on New Mooring terminal's bidding

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
The shipping ministry will now take a decision on the bidding to appoint an operator for New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong Port.
The Central Procurement Technical Unit has given a directive in this regard, while the High Court issued a stay order on the CPTU directive.
The parliamentary standing committee and others, including advisory committee member ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, have also given some recommendations.
"We will take all these aspects into account," Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan told reporters after a meeting of the advisory committee on the premier port at Chittagong Circuit House.
The minister, who is also the president of the committee, chaired the meeting, while Chittagong Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed moderated it.
The two rival leaders of the ruling party — ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and MA Latif -- attended the meeting. Police tightened security around the meeting venue.
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Mohiuddin's supporters were seen near the venue but the meeting ended peacefully. Mohiuddin's supporters assaulted lawmaker Latif on September 27 during a rally of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Mohiuddin is the Awami League's Chittagong city unit president, and Latif is an AL lawmaker from Chittagong-10 constituency.
After the meeting, Latif said he was happy with the meeting outcomes.
He admitted that there were some miss-understanding between him and Mohiuddin but such problems could be solved through discussion.
But he said Mohiuddin should avoid agitation and come up in discussion if he has any allegation.
Mohiuddin did not make any comment on the rivalry, while the shipping minister said there is no
conflict between the ruling party leaders on the bidding issue.
He said there could be difference of opinions and everything could be solved through discussion.
Shajahan said some newspapers reported that former shipping secretary Abdul Mannan Hawlader was transferred due to irregularities over the bidding, but it was not true at all.
He said there is no question of irregularities against him since no such allegation was brought or no investigation was done against him.
When asked about the changes brought to the terms and conditions of the bidding documents, the minister said the authority has the power to correct the documents or cancel those.
The minister said they have directed the port authority to hold a meeting with the port users every month to solve their problems.
At the meeting, Mohiuddin brought some allegations of irregularities in port activities and demanded a high-level probe committee to investigate those.
He said two vessels -- Bay Cleaner-1 and Bay Cleaner-2 — were bought from Turkey but they are not used properly.
Member (harbour and marine) Captain Md Shahjahan said they use the two cleaning vessels in case of major pollution.
Chittagong City Corporation Mayor M Manjurul Alam in the meeting said the way capital dredging of the river Karnaphuli is being done would cause waterlogging in the city.
The minister said they have decided to hold a coordinating meeting among the port authority, Chittagong City Corporation and Chittagong Development Authority to discuss the ongoing capital dredging of the Karnaphuli.