Dwaipayan Barua

Ships leave half-empty, import deliveries fall

The export of denim products from Bangladesh is expected to face significant disruption as the country’s largest denim manufacturer, Pacific Jeans Group, has indefinitely shut down all eight of its factories in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) following days of violent worker protests.

Transport of import and export cargo as well as containers to and from Chattogram port came to a standstill since yesterday morning as transport owners enforced a wildcat strike for an indefinite period protesting a fourfold hike in vehicle entry fee by the authority.

The eight-storey factory building at the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), which was completely destroyed in a massive fire on Thursday afternoon, had structural flaws and lacked a mandatory fire safety plan, according to fire service officials.

Say officials; fire brought under control after 17 hours

The situation would be aggravated by a 60 percent charge hike by the inland container depots

The government announced a 41 percent average increase in service charges on September 14

Several aspirants denied submission of nomination papers

Despite handling more containers, Chattogram port's ranking declines

Delays in rail transport compound port container backlog

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is finally going to add two new ships to its fleet after a wait of almost seven years..On Tuesday, the cabinet committee on government purchase approved the purchase of two bulk carriers, each having a carrying capacity of 63,500 deadweight tonnage (DW

Chattogram port, the country’s main gateway to foreign trade, is grappling with a massive number of empty containers, far exceeding the capacity of designated yards, disrupting delivery and handling operations.

The new 20 percent reciprocal tariff by the United States on Bangladeshi exports to the American market will come into effect tonight, which may open up opportunities for the country’s apparel sector as it adapts to evolving global trade dynamics.

Private container depots face backlog as export surge strains storage, transport

Chattogram port reels from disruptions, vessel queues lengthen

Container transport to and from Chattogram port was suspended for nearly 12 hours since yesterday morning as drivers and helpers of prime mover trailers stopped work to vote in their union's biennial executive committee election.

This will likely have a detrimental effect on the country's exports, alongside prices of imported products

Inland container depots (ICDs) have announced a sharp increase in charges for handling export cargoes and empty containers by as much as 60 percent starting September 1, triggering concerns among exporters already feeling the pinch from the impending reciprocal tariff by the United States.

Seventy-six years ago, on July 16, 1949, the first tea auction in the region was held in Chattogram. That event marked the birth of what would become the nerve centre of Bangladesh’s tea industry, the Chittagong Tea Auction Centre, which still handles the overwhelming majority of the country’s tea trade.

Owners of Chattogram-based readymade garment factories, many of which do business with buyers in the United States, are worried about a US tariff hike to 35 percent set to take effect on August 1.