Chattogram plans a heavy cargo jetty

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.

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.”

Patenga Container Terminal is set to open on 21 July, but who will operate the new terminal has not yet been decided.

A 34% increase in the value of exports sees container traffic grow 5%.

A fire that broke out in a container depot in Chattogram on Saturday June 4 caused an explosion that has killed 41 people, and it is feared that the death toll will rise further.