New Age | CTG seaport and airport suspend all activities due to cyclone Remal

Shah Amanat International Airport, Chattogram and Chittagong Port Authority have suspended all regular operations since Sunday morning due to Cyclone Remal.

The Chittagong Port Authority asked all vessels to return to outer anchorages last night and all port activities were immediately suspended after the Meteorological Office advised raising Danger Signal 9 early Sunday.

Omar Faruk, secretary of the Chittagong Port Authority, said 13 ships had headed to the outer anchorage to head out to sea.

He said all loading and unloading activities of cargo and containers at the port’s berths had been suspended since Sunday morning.

Airport director Taslim Ahmed said Shah Amanat International Airport had suspended all flight schedules and closed the runway from 12:00 to 20:00 on Sunday.

He said that all scheduled flights landed at the airport on time until 12:00.