Mobile container scanner installed at Benapole port

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has completed the operations for installing a mobile container scanner at Benapole port in a bid to infuse dynamism in import and export operations.

The NBR hoped this move will help to infuse dynamism in the import and export operations at the Benapole Land Port while the esteemed businessmen will be able to complete their import and export operations at the fastest possible time, reads a NBR press release issued today (17 November).

Efforts are on to install a fixed container scanner at the Benapole Land Port under the supervision of the NBR, it said.

Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, during his visit to the Benapole Land Port on 14 November, inaugurated the newly built cargo terminal and also had directed the authorities concerned to install a scanner at the port.

Following his directives, a mobile container scanner, which was earlier installed at Pangaon port on temporary basis, has been installed at Benapole port considering national interest since installation of fixed container scanner is time consuming.

Bangladesh Customs uses fixed container scanners, mobile container scanners and different types of devices at various ports and land customs stations in import and export operations in a bid to simplify trade, reducing time for unloading of goods and preventing smuggling, the release added.