Bangladesh should formulate a national logistics policy, which will help build an integrated logistics system centring the Chattogram port, experts said today.

Increased use of Saidpur airport by the neighbouring countries, including Bhutan, will increase Bangladesh’s regional trade, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

The government should set up testing labs at ports to ensure fast delivery of imported goods and products for uninterrupted production, said Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

Local shipbuilder Ananda Shipyard & Slipways Ltd today handed a multi-purpose container vessel to its buyer in United Kingdom.

A Bangladeshi vessel—MV Trans Samudera—carrying an Indian transit container from Kolkata reached Chattogram port today.

Businesses have to wait 11 days and six hours to have their cargo released after their arrival at seaports, according to the Time Release Study (TRS) 2022 of the National Board of Revenue. 

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought cooperation from Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to establish lab facilities at land, sea and international airports in Bangladesh.

The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) today revised down tariffs for all the five types of services in container handling a day after the latest government move to trim fuel prices.

The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) raised tariffs for handling export laden containers by 25 per cent due to price hike of the diesel.

Chattogram port has advanced three steps in a year to become world’s 64th busiest port in terms of annual throughput of containers in 2021.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to readjust fuel prices by withdrawing taxes on petroleum products.

Owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) has started raising charges for different services specially those run by diesel due to the fuel price hike.

The customs authority has withdrawn import duties on 43 types of Bhutanese goods to give them better market access to Bangladesh, according to a notification issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently.

The Mongla Port made a new record on August 7 when a Malaysian ship— MV Malaysia Star—reached the port in Bagerhat with 1,280 reconditioned cars from Japan in a single consignment.

The cross-border trade between India and Bangladesh through Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed on Saturday after an eight-day closure for Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangladeshi mangoes with its flavour and taste are winning hearts in many foreign lands.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has recently saved a severely damaged oceangoing ship, victim of an accident mid sea, which could have caused loss of export cargoes worth Tk 800 crore and block the whole channel for future navigation.

Bhutan wants Bangladesh to make 2017’s transit route deal functional soon so that the landlocked country can use Mongla and Banglabandha ports to carry goods from and to Bangladesh through India.

Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 2,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure sustainable development of the shipping industry, increase export earnings and employment and gradually reduce import dependence.

Following the success of the first direct container shipping service between Chattogram and Italy launched in February this year, several European logistics providers have taken the initiative to commence similar services in order to get rid of the long delays in transporting cargo on the current routes using transhipment ports.