New terminal set to open in Bangladesh

The Chairman of the Board of Directors for Maersk is in Bangaldesh lobbying for a concession to build a new container terminal at the Port of Chattogram.

Port privatisation in South Africa is inching ahead as International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has emerged as the preferred bidder for the largest container terminal in Durban and Transnet has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a smaller box terminal at Port Elizabeth.

New heavy cargo berth at Bangladesh’s main seaport will be designed for heavy equipment and project cargo.

With better road access to Dhaka thanks to the new Padma bridge, Bangladesh’s second main port is now competing with Chattogram for textile exports

Maersk has completed “the first India-Bangladesh cross-border logistics of containerised cargo using the inland waterways of the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route for Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages.”

A consortium of Adani Ports and Israel’s Gadot Group has secured the rights to buy 100% shares of Haifa Port Company Ltd.