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Terminal operators lining up for Bay Terminal

News9 May 2024

Abu Dhabi ports is expected to sign a concession for part of the new Bay Terminal at the port of Chattogram; PSA and DP World are also expec...

News25 Oct 2019

EagleRail Container Logistics has signed agreements with Chittagong Port Authority to reduce truck congestion with its Greentech Light Rail ...

News1 Jul 2018

Bangladesh’s main seaport, Chittagong, saw a significant rise in both container and bulk cargo volume in its fiscal year 2017/18, which en...

News1 May 2018

Despite measures to improve container storage capacity at the port, congestion at Chittagong in Bangladesh has got worse in recent weeks....

News1 Sep 2017

The battle for market share in big trucks is being fought on several fronts....

News1 Aug 2017

The Bangladeshi Government is to move towards a landlord system for the operation of its ports, while at the same time encouraging the devel...

News1 Jul 2017

Bangladesh has given its approval for Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to start work on the Patenga Container Terminal, a project it has been...

News1 May 2017

According to local reports in Bangladesh, a new container terminal at Patenga, with 600m of quay wall, will be ready by the end of 2019. The...

News1 Jan 2016

The port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, handled a record number of containers in 2015 and, in the process, broke through the 2M TEU barrier. Tot...

News4 Jun 2015

Chittagong Port Authority's plans to award two-year contracts to private sector operators to handle containers at four berths at the New Moo...

News1 Nov 2012

Pangaon Container Terminal (PCT), Bangladesh’s first inland container terminal near the capital, Dhaka, will start operations early next y...

News1 Sep 2011

Container throughput at Bangladesh’s Chittagong port rose 21% to a record 1.47M TEU in the year ended June 2011, thanks largely to booming...

News1 May 2011

Malaysian Maritime and Dredging Corp has begun capital dredging in the main channel of Bangladesh’s pr incipal Chittagong port....

News1 Sep 2010

Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has invited bids for the third time this year to pick a private operator to handle containers...

News1 Aug 2010

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) in Bangladesh has reissued its request for prequalification for a concession to operate the US$70M New M...