Desk Report: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has sought to build a dedicated railway track for transportation of the increased volume of cargoes to and from Dhaka, officials said, reports Financial Express. CPA Chairman Zulfiqur Aziz in a recent letter to the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) requested the authority to take steps for setting up an exclusive railway line for quicker transportation of containers. “Container transportation by train is much cheaper and faster compared to the same by highways,” Mr Aziz told the FE on telephone. Presently, containers are being transported to and from the port by the lone railway line, on which passenger trains also run. The other modes of carrying containers and cargoes to and from the port is by roads and waterways. Using the same railway line for container and passenger trains creates a problem and causes delay, he said. Mr Aziz said recently a rail-mounted gantry crane was installed at the port for quicker loading and unloading of containers into trains. The CPA is working on expansion of the capacity by constructing a number of terminals. They include the Bay Terminal, Laldia Terminal, and Patenga Terminal.