Chattogram Port reported a 7.42 percent growth in container handling and a 3.11 percent increase in overall cargo handling in 2024, setting new records for the highest annual volumes handled.

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman announced the figures at a press briefing today, saying the port has surpassed all previous records in container and cargo handling.

The port handled 3,275,627 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers, including imports, exports, and empty ones, which is up 7.42 percent year-on-year, according to the CPA data. 

The figure accounts for container operations at the main jetties, Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (ICT) in Keraniganj, and Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dhaka.

Meanwhile, overall cargo handling rose to 12.39 crore tonnes in 2024, up from 12.02 crore tonnes in 2023.

Rear Admiral Moniruzzaman mentioned that the average waiting time for vessels, which had climbed to 6–7 days in August, was reduced to just one day by the end of the year.

The CPA Chairman also reported that the port's revenue in 2024 stood at Tk 5,055.99 crore, a 21.39 percent increase compared to the same period last year. 

The port also recorded a revenue surplus of Tk 2,948 crore, 37.6 percent higher than the previous year.

Senior port officials attended the press briefing held at the New Mooring Container Terminal jetty.