Food Flotilla for Myanmar: Nautical Aliya docks in port of Chittagong

The Nautical Aliya vessel carrying more than 180 volunteers from 12 countries safely berthed in the port of Chittagong at 12:30 pm Tuesday.

The ship carrying more than 2,000 tonnes of relief goods was guided in by a coastguard patrol boat as it began entering the Karnaphuli River at 9: 15 am local time (11:15 am GMT).

The Nautical Aliya sailed from Port Klang since February 3 on a mission to send humanitarian aid to the Rohingya in Rakhine, Myanmar and Teknaf, Bangladesh.

Before that, the ship docked at Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday to hand over some 500 tonnes of aid to the affected groups in Rakhine.