Payra Port
Payra port: Poor navigability jacks up coal import cost
Just six months after Tk 6,500 crore was spent on capital dredging, Payra Port’s Rabnabad channel has lost much of its navigability, pushing up coal transport costs for the power plants in the area.
Payra port’s first terminal likely to open by October
The Payra sea port’s first terminal is expected to be up and running by October, facilitating transport of goods from mother vessels and speeding up operations in the country’s third major seaport.
Payra port operations slow down for halt in coal imports
Operations at Payra port have slowed down significantly following the temporary stoppage of coal imports for the Payra Thermal Power Plant in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.
Cyclone Mocha / Signal 10 for Cox’s Bazar port, 8 for Chattogram, Payra
The maritime port in Cox's Bazar has been asked to hoist cautionary signal (Great Danger Signal) 10 as cyclone Mocha has intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the east central Bay of Bengal.
10.2m depth ship anchors at Payra port for first time
A foreign vessel with a depth of 10.2 metres arrived at the inner anchorage of Payra Port in Patuakhali on Thursday, the first anchoring of a larger water vessel at the country's third seaport.
Payra port channel now deepest in Bangladesh
Larger mother vessels will now be able to load or unload their goods directly from the jetty of Payra port as capital dredging of Ramnabad channel is now complete, according to port officials.
Country's deepest channel dredged at Payra Port
Larger mother vessels will be able to unload goods directly at the jetty of Payra Port as the dredging of the country’s deepest channel has already been completed at the seaport.
Payra port to see larger vessels from April
Payra port, the third seaport in Bangladesh, expects to see the arrival of larger ships from the first week of April, according to a statement from the shipping ministry issued yesterday.
Larger ships to start arriving at Payra port from April
The port will open first terminal on first week of May
Payra Port: Deal for capital dredging signed
In a big leap forward, the Payra Port Authority yesterday signed a deal with a Belgium-based company to start capital dredging of the port's main channel to facilitate entry of large ships that cannot berth now at Chittagong and Mongla ports.