Chittagong legal row

The Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance has “prioritised investigations of possible wrongdoing by common carriers or marine terminal operators” referred by the FMC over the ILA strike period.

Bangladesh’s main port has been impacted by the civil unrest in Dhaka and across the country.

Mitsui E&S Co has been awarded contracts to supply a total of 30 cranes for Phuoc An Port in Vietnam and Matarbari Port in Bangladesh.

US Shippers did not get everything they wanted in FMC’s final rule on definitions relating to unreasonably refusing to load export cargo.

Maersk bolsters ocean shipping service offerings between China and Bangladesh to address growing demand from the retail industry.

Bangladesh is one of the more difficult markets in SE Asia for port development, but there are signs the government is now moving at a faster pace.