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.
Disputes between berth operators and shipping agents slow handling at six jetties
The consignments, which have arrived or are scheduled to arrive at the port in between July 16 and August 5 this year, will get the extended benefit
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AD Ports Group today regarding the latter’s proposal to implement a portion of the Bay Terminal project.
A total of 24 new pieces of container handling equipment, including four quayside gantry cranes (QGCs), purchased by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) at a cost of Tk 394 crore were launched yesterday.
HC stays requirement of consent from Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owners’ Association (BOGSOA)
The forced shipment of empty containers from the yard of the Chattogram port is finally coming to an end, a positive development for foreign shipping liners as it would allow them to avoid the financial losses they have been incurring for the last six years.
The Chattogram port today berthed first ever vessel with 10-metre draught and 200 metres in length at a jetty, a big achievement for the port as such ships will fuel import and export of cargo and cut cost.
The first direct container vessel flagged off from Chittagong port for Italy today.
The Chittagong Port has advanced five steps in terms of annual throughput in 2016, becoming the 71st busiest among the top 100
Two lighterage ships have collided head on in the narrow Karnaphuli channel near the outer anchorage of Chittagong port last night. However, no major harm has been done.
A worker was rescued alive inside an export container at Chittagong port this morning.
Two workers are found dead inside a ship at a jetty in Chittagong port.
The outer anchorage of Chittagong port is seeing long queues of ships as offloading of imported goods from these ships has been mostly suspended for the last 10 days due to non-operation of lighter vessels.
Two vessels carrying over 1,00,000 tonnes of wheat, yellow maize and yellow peas from Argentina and Canada arrived at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong Port in the middle of this month.
The Railways ministry wants to increase fares for passengers and freight by 7.8 percent from next month to cut down losses.
The government will make the use of Pangaon inland container terminal, located at Keraniganj on the bank of Buriganga river,
A Chittagong court directs Rapid Action Battalion to investigate the case filed in connection with the seizure of liquid cocaine found in a container carrying sunflower oil at Chittagong Port.
A joint team of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), Chittagong Metro Sub-zone and Bangladesh Coast Guard recover 6.80 lakh pieces of yaba tablets from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and detained two persons.
