MV Gladys an Indonesian flag carrier vessel which went inoperative in the Andaman Sea on July 30 managed to arrive at the berth of Chittagong Port on Monday 82 days after it reached the outer anchorage.
Port sources said five tugboats dragged the vessel laden with 849 Twenty Equivalent Units (TEUs) of container to the Chittagong Container Terminal jetty safely from the outer anchorage around 2pm.
Captain M Shahajahan, member (harbour and marine) of CPA, said they had to take adequate security measures during bringing the vessel to the jetty as the capsize of such a vessel in the port channel could paralise the whole port.
According to sources at the Chittagong Customs House, the vessel had been carrying goods worth Tk5bn.
MV Gladys, which sailed from Port Klang of Malaysia, went inoperative near the Myanmar coast of the Andaman Sea on July 30 forcing 18 crewmen of the vessel to leave it while three others remained onboard.