Disputes between berth operators and shipping agents slow handling at six jetties
Captain of FV Layla-2, which was captured with the crew, on Dec 9 by Indian coast guard recounts the ordeal
Six out of the 21 private inland container depots (ICDs) have come up as the major handlers of export and import-laden containers in the just concluded year of 2024, when business in the ICDs rose 16 percent year-on-year.
KDS Logistics managed to retain its top position among ICDs in handling export and import containers in 2024
A rise in foreign trade is helping the port recover from the global economic downturn
Inland water transport is still one of the major modes of cargo transportation in Bangladesh, a country crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers..Take the instance of transportation of cargo imported through the country’s premier seaport of Chattogram..Over 60 percent of the 10 crore tonne
After a pause of five years, shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard Ltd is planning to export eight ships to a buyer of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by next year.
1.5 million tonnes of imported goods got stuck at 50 ports
It has been nearly a month that an automobile dealer has been waiting for a container loaded with reconditioned parts to reach the inland container depot (ICD) at Kamalapur, Dhaka from the Chattogram port over railway..The parts, imported by M/s Partsco Automobiles of Munshiganj’s Sirajdik
The acute container backlog at the Chattogram port has started to ease, albeit at a snail’s pace, thanks to daily deliveries and transfers over the past week following the resumption of vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
A long queue of vessels has formed at the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage, with berthing delayed by up to nine days, for container yards being acutely congested and operational disruptions resulting from the quota reform movement last week.
Containers got piled up in five layers instead of four
Online assessment process began Tuesday evening
Container congestion turned acute at the Chattogram port on July 22 as deliveries remained suspended for a second consecutive day for operational complexities caused by an ongoing internet blackout and a lack of transportation facilities
Import and export activities as well as cargo and container delivery were also seriously disrupted at the country's largest seaport due to a nationwide internet blackout since July 18
Export and import activities suffered severe disruptions for the third day on July 20 amid transport problems because of violence centring the quota reform movement and internet shutdown by the government.
Operational activities at the Chattogram port moved at a snail’s pace on the fourth day of an unprecedented disruption due to the government’s imposition of a curfew and countrywide violence over the quota reform movement, hitting business and economy hard.
Cargo transport to and from the Chattogram port experienced a slowdown today as a result of the ongoing unrest and enforcement of a countrywide shutdown by quota reform activists
