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Bangladesh is picking up the pace

News1 Jul 2024

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 faste...

Patenga Container Terminal ready to go

News6 Jun 2024

RSGT is set to start operations at the much-anticipated Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port on June 10....

Terminal operators lining up for Bay Terminal, AD Ports signs MoU

News16 May 2024

Abu Dhabi Ports Group has signed an MoU for part of the new Bay Terminal at the port of Chattogram; PSA and DP World are also expected to pa...

Overhead rail for Chittagong container transport

News25 Oct 2019

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

Chittagong sees 12% box growth

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...

Congestion back at Chittagong

News1 May 2018

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

Staying on top in the big truck market

News1 Sep 2017

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

Bangladesh to transition ports to landlord model

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...

New terminal for Chittagong

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...

Patenga date

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...

Chittagong hits 2M TEU

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...

Getting High in Chittagong

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...

Bangladesh terminal to open next year

News1 Nov 2012

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

New record at Chittagong

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...

…Chittagong goes deeper

News1 May 2011

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

Chittagong still looking for container handler

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...

Bangladesh is picking up the pace

Patenga Container Terminal ready to go

Terminal operators lining up for Bay Terminal, AD Ports signs MoU

Overhead rail for Chittagong container transport

Chittagong sees 12% box growth

Congestion back at Chittagong

Staying on top in the big truck market

Bangladesh to transition ports to landlord model

New terminal for Chittagong

Patenga date

Chittagong hits 2M TEU

Getting High in Chittagong

Bangladesh terminal to open next year

New record at Chittagong

…Chittagong goes deeper

Chittagong still looking for container handler

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Alabama moves into 4th gear

Port of Guam approves STS crane replacement, seeks DoD funding to avoid Chinese suppliers

Pier VIII container terminal secures funding

Keeping an eye on reefer cargo

Growing the blueberry trades

Bangladesh is picking up the pace

Patenga Container Terminal ready to go

Terminal operators lining up for Bay Terminal, AD Ports signs MoU

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Alabama moves into 4th gear

Port of Guam approves STS crane replacement, seeks DoD funding to avoid Chinese suppliers

Pier VIII container terminal secures funding

Keeping an eye on reefer cargo

Growing the blueberry trades

Montreal strike leads MEA to suspend salary guarantee

BC Ports start lockout

Central American connectivity push

Automating pin-setting for rail operations

Arvato introduces robots for automated unloading