A new direct container shipping service is to be launched between Chattogram in Bangladesh and Dubai, UAE avoiding the Colombo Port, Bangladeshi media reported.  

 Saif Powertec Limited is set to launch this direct container shipping service between Chattogram-United Arab Emirates route. 

Imports from Dubai now come to Chattogram via Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port. 

The consignments are unloaded from the mother vessel and then loaded into smaller feeder vessels in Colombo. 

Export consignments are also sent to Dubai via Colombo.

The Business Standard said the shipping line will reduce the shipping time to 18 days from current 45 and reduce freight cost by US$ 150-200 per 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU).