With a countrywide strike of goods transporters coming to an end on Monday night, the Chattogram port and 19 private inland container depots (ICDs) are now struggling with the backlog of the preceding four days.

The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) here today announced to raise different types service charges in handling import and export goods and containers with an increase of 23 per cent due to increase in diesel price.

Bangladesh's trade with India through Benapole land port resumed today after remaining closed for four days for Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community.

Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Banshidhar Mishra has stressed the need for taking increased efforts to boost trade with Bangladesh.

Goods transport to and from Chittagong Port came to a halt after a three-day strike was called by Bangladesh Covered-Van Truck Prime Mover Goods Transport Owners Association and Bangladesh Truck Drivers, Workers Federation.

In a rare development, Chattogram port has been able to allow container ships to berth faster upon arrival over the past 40 days, enabling brisk delivery of imports.

Around 400 trucks carrying imported goods from India are waiting to unload goods at the Burimari land port of Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat due to a space shortage in customs’ warehouses.

Over a month has passed but 15 Bangladeshi importers are yet to know the fate of a vessel, which was transporting around 11,000 tonnes of their steel products and abandoned by its crew for “water ingress and sinking” off the coast of Myanmar.

A vessel owned by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) got port clearance for departure today after remaining under detention for four days at Port of Bremen in Germany on allegation of having 27 deficiencies.

The Chattogram port has slipped nine notches down in 2020 to rank 67th in terms of annual throughput of containers among 100 top busiest ports across the world, according to the 2021 edition of Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports.

All three terminals of the Bay Terminal project of Chattogram port will start operation by 2024, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said today.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today requested the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to allow releasing the imported goods from the port directly instead of private inland container depots (ICDs) to save time and cost.

Import and export activities through Benapole land port have remained suspended since yesterday morning due to protests from Indian traders for allegedly being harassed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF).

Following suit of garment makers, the terry towel makers also urged the government to ease the rules for yarn import through land port from India because of rising local prices of basic raw materials.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has requested global apparel buyers to nominate more shipping lines and off-docks to facilitate timely shipment of export containers.

Over 3,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of import-laden containers bound for Bangladesh are stranded at the Indian port of Krishnapatnam as the route’s two sole vessels no longer had permission to berth at the Chattogram port.

Local garment makers today urged the Indian authorities to take steps to remove barriers to trade through Bangaon-Benapole ports in order to get faster delivery of imported raw materials to make apparels for export markets.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday took some decisions, including prioritising berthing for Colombo-bound feeder vessels, aiming at clearing out exports piling up at private inland container depots (ICD).

 The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused a global economic crisis with Bangladesh being no exception. 

Around eight years past being constructed by the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), one of the four lighter jetties started undergoing trial operations yesterday.