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Author(s)
Khandaker Rasel Hasan1, Md. Mashiur Rahaman2 and Nastia Degiuli2
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2142/2015.05.005
Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Port and Shipping Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman Maritime University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
ABSTRACT
MG (Mongla-Ghasiakhali)
Canal, a man-made canal that
connects the southwestern part of Bangladesh, is one of the industrial zones where the second
largest seaport, the Mongla seaport, and two inland river ports are situated.
The Government of Bangladesh maintained the canal since it was opening in 1973.
From 2010, the maintenance excavation of the canal was postponed because the rate
of siltation was higher than the excavation
works allocated for it. Paucity of budget was the main reason as the return
from the canal was too low to recover the minimum part of the budget. The objective of the present study is to determine the
minimum tool rate based on the savings by the vessels operator who will use the
canal. At present, almost
all types of goods are transported through the waterway canal inside the
largest single block of the tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, Sundarban
(a United Nations heritage) and that causes serious environmental problems and
threats to the biodiversity of the forest. Therefore, utilization of the MG Canal
will not only be an alternative waterway network for transporting of goods but
also reduce the voyage length. To determine the minimum toll rate, several
government agencies of Bangladesh and operators have been contacted to collect
the data both quantitatively and qualitatively. Real-time data has been used for calculating the minimum standard tool rate.
KEYWORDS
Transit fee, Mongla-Ghasiakhali Canal, mangrove forest, toll rate, inland waterways.
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