Chattogram port remains 68th busiest container port globally

Chattogram port has retained its 68th position among the world’s 100 busiest container ports for the second consecutive year, despite handling 4 percent more containers in 2025 than in the previous year.

London-based shipping journal Lloyd’s List recently published the ranking in a special report titled “Lloyd’s List: One Hundred Ports 2026”. The ranking is based solely on container traffic data from seaports worldwide in 2025, rather than service quality or overall performance.

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Even so, container throughput remains a key indicator of economic activity, reflecting trade volumes of industrial raw materials as well as high-value imports and exports.

According to the publication, Chattogram port handled 34.09 lakh twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in 2025, up from 32.75 lakh TEUs in 2024 – a year-on-year rise of 4.1 percent.

At Chattogram port, Lloyd’s said growth remained modest.

“But major investments from APM Terminals, MSC and Red Sea Gateway are reshaping the future of Bangladesh’s leading container port.”

In South Asia, India’s Mundra port ranked 25th, Colombo 29th, Jawaharlal Nehru 30th and Karachi 84th. Chattogram has remained among the top 100 since 2009.

Globally, China maintained its dominance in container shipping in 2025, with Shanghai retaining the top spot after handling 5.50 crore TEUs, up 6.9 percent year-on-year.

Singapore followed in second place with 4.47 crore TEUs. Six of the world’s top 10 container ports are in China, which accounted for more than 40 percent of the 79.22 crore TEUs handled by the world’s top 100 ports.