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CPA prepares to run new mooring terminal with final nod pending

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is preparing to take over the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) for now, as the current contract with private operator Saif Powertec Ltd is set to expire on July 6.

1d ago

CPA prepares to run New Mooring terminal with final nod pending

CPA floats tender for equipment as it awaits ministry's nod to operate terminal

1d ago

Ctg port overburdened with import containers

The yards at the Chattogram port, which are designated for storing containers loaded with imports, exceeded their capacity yesterday as daily handovers to consignees did not gain pace during the Eid-ul-Azha holiday over the past week.

1w ago

Import containers pile up at Ctg port for poor Eid deliveries

Containers packed with imports are starting to pile up at the Chattogram port due to a drastic drop in the delivery of goods, as factories and vehicles are yet to resume running in full swing amidst the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

2w ago

Debates over leasing NCT to foreign operator intensifying

The debate over whether to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign operator is intensifying, with political parties, including the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and left-leaning groups, uniting in opposition.

1m ago

How Chattogram built its economic legacy

Picture a crowded harbour where the salty seabreeze carries whispers of far-off lands, where merchants of all creed and caste haggle over silks and spices, and where towering ships of all varieties – Chinese junks, Arab dhows, and Portuguese carracks – sway gently in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

1m ago

Swift action, long-term plans can offset US tariff shock

The US government’s recent announcement to hike the tariff on Bangladeshi goods by an additional 37 percent has already begun affecting the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry, according to a leading denim exporter.

1m ago

Concerns grow over appointing foreign operator

Concerns are increasingly being voiced over the Chattogram port’s largest terminal, New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), being leased out to a foreign operator, as the interim government furthers the initiative undertaken by the previous Awami League government.

2m ago
June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025

CPA prepares to run new mooring terminal with final nod pending

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is preparing to take over the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) for now, as the current contract with private operator Saif Powertec Ltd is set to expire on July 6.

June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025

CPA prepares to run New Mooring terminal with final nod pending

CPA floats tender for equipment as it awaits ministry's nod to operate terminal

June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025

Ctg port overburdened with import containers

The yards at the Chattogram port, which are designated for storing containers loaded with imports, exceeded their capacity yesterday as daily handovers to consignees did not gain pace during the Eid-ul-Azha holiday over the past week.

June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025

Import containers pile up at Ctg port for poor Eid deliveries

Containers packed with imports are starting to pile up at the Chattogram port due to a drastic drop in the delivery of goods, as factories and vehicles are yet to resume running in full swing amidst the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025

Debates over leasing NCT to foreign operator intensifying

The debate over whether to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign operator is intensifying, with political parties, including the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and left-leaning groups, uniting in opposition.

May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025

How Chattogram built its economic legacy

Picture a crowded harbour where the salty seabreeze carries whispers of far-off lands, where merchants of all creed and caste haggle over silks and spices, and where towering ships of all varieties – Chinese junks, Arab dhows, and Portuguese carracks – sway gently in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025

Swift action, long-term plans can offset US tariff shock

The US government’s recent announcement to hike the tariff on Bangladeshi goods by an additional 37 percent has already begun affecting the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry, according to a leading denim exporter.

April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025

Concerns grow over appointing foreign operator

Concerns are increasingly being voiced over the Chattogram port’s largest terminal, New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), being leased out to a foreign operator, as the interim government furthers the initiative undertaken by the previous Awami League government.

April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025

Workers, parties oppose handover of Ctg container terminal to foreign operator

Constructed at a cost of Tk 2,000 crore, the terminal was completed by the Chittagong Port Authority in 2007

April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025

Deal signed for constructing Matarbari deep-sea port

After a long wait, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) finally signed a deal yesterday with a Japanese joint venture to construct a terminal for a deep-sea port at Cox’s Bazar’s Matarbari, some 350 kilometres southeast of capital Dhaka.