<span style="color: #222222;">The first of the four cargo trial runs between India and Bangladesh being conducted for the full operationalisation of the Agreement on the Use of Chattogram and Mongla Port (ACMP) was completed on Tuesday.<br />''<br />''The cargo shipment crossed the Bibirbazar-Srimantapur Land Customs Station (LCS) which will be further transported to Silchar in Assam. Another container from the same shipment that had arrived from Kolkata to Mongla port was earlier flagged off from Tamabil land port into Meghalaya on August 10.<br />''<br />''Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik received the Cargo on its arrival in Tripura. Tripura Minister for Industry and commerce Santana Chakma and Assistant High Commissioner of India at Chattogram Dr Rajiv Ranjan were present on the occasion.<br />''<br />''Minister Pratima Bhoumik said that the experimental cargo movement has created a new scope for transportation of consignments. Once the system is regularised, several items could be transported to the northeastern states through Bangladesh.<br />''<br />''The containership MV Rishad Rayhan had arrived from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SPMP) Kolkata at the Mongla port on August 8. It carried two containers with 16.38 tons of iron pipes and 8.5 tons of pre foam for transportation into the north-eastern states of India.<br />''<br />''The trail run for the operationalisation of the ACMP has resumed after 2020 when the first consignment was successfully transported from Chattogram port to Akhaura Integrated Check Post (ICP).<br />''<br />''The transshipment of cargo from Kolkata using the Bangladeshi ports of Mongla and Chattogram will substantially reduce the time and cost while benefiting both the countries through enhanced trade.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, In a significant development to enhance connectivity between India and Bangladesh the trial shipment of cargo between the two countries was completed with the arrival of the shipment at the Land Customs Station at Srimantapur in Tripura from Mongla port in Bangladesh. Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik received the Cargo on its arrival in Tripura.<br />''<br />''<br />''The shipment had arrived from Syamprasad Mukerjee port, Kolkata to Mongla port on August 8 with two containers having iron pipes and pre-foam. The container will further go to Silchar in Assam. Earlier, one container had reached the Tamabil land port to deliver goods into Meghalaya.<br />''<br />''The trial shipment resumed after 2020 when the first shipment carried a consignment from Chattogram port to Akhaura Integrated Check Post (ICP).<br />''<br />''The trial run is being conducted to fully operationalise the Agreement on the Use of Chattogram and Mongla Port (ACMP) signed between India and Bangladesh. The transshipment will drastically reduce the cost and time of shipment which will enhance trade benefiting both the countries. </span><br />