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Chattogram retains 68th global port ranking

30 August 2026
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.
30 August 2026
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Chattogram port remains 68th busiest container port globally

29 August 2026
On Chattogram port, Lloyd's said that growth remained modest
29 August 2026
Chittagong Container Terminal operator

Apart from NCT, race on for two other Ctg port terminals

18 May 2026
UAE’s DP World, Saudi RSGT and two local entities enter competition
18 May 2026
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Govt advances talks with DP World on NCT operations

5 May 2026
The UAE-based company also wants to operate Chittagong Container Terminal
5 May 2026
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Firms trim margins, shrink packs as fuel price hike bites

23 April 2026
Companies are deploying a range of measures to absorb the cost shock without immediately raising retail prices
23 April 2026
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ICDs raise charges, a day after fuel price hike

21 April 2026
The recent fuel price hike is rippling through Bangladesh’s trade logistics chain, pushing up costs for importers, exporters and freight operators at the same time.
21 April 2026
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ICDs announce increase in container handling charges by 8.5%

20 April 2026
They raised the charges because of the diesel price hike, says Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA)
20 April 2026
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Inland cargo transport at risk as lighters starved of fuel

1 April 2026
Lighter vessels are facing fuel shortages that are slowing and disrupting their regular operations to unload cargo from mother ships at Chattogram port’s outer anchorage.
1 April 2026
Port

Ctg 70th busiest port worldwide

Chittagong Port is the 70th busiest container port in the world after it moved one notch up in this year's ranking of the Lloyd's List.
26 August 2018

Import vessel refuses to berth for unpaid bills

A dispute between the owner and the operator of a ship had caused sufferings for over 100 importers at Chittagong port for nearly a
25 August 2018
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Supply glut fails to tame prices of onion, garlic

The wholesale prices of garlic and onion saw a downward trend at Khatunganj wholesale hub in the last couple of weeks because of ample supply.
19 August 2018
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Ctg port gets three more gantry cranes

The Chittagong port's fleet of quayside gantry cranes got bigger with the inclusion of three new cranes on Tuesday, which would boost the port's container handling capacity.
15 August 2018
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Sudden transport strike creates container congestion at Ctg port

Fresh container congestion has hit the Chittagong port because of the transport crisis caused by the unannounced strike in response to the protest of the students demanding safe roads.
8 August 2018

Normalcy returns to Ctg port

Normalcy returned to Chittagong port yesterday afternoon after loading, unloading and delivery of goods were disrupted for around 36 hours for an unannounced transport strike.
6 August 2018

Spices get costlier ahead of Eid

Spice prices have started rising on the back of opportunistic traders'bid to cash in on the surge in demand for the essential cooking ingredients ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival in the country.
30 July 2018

Container handling rises at Ctg port

Container handling at the Chittagong port increased by around 12 percent in the just concluded fiscal year from around 24.19 lakh twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in the previous year.
1 July 2018

Chickpea cheaper as global prices drop

Chickpea has become cheaper in the port city due to a huge amount of it being imported following a price drop in the international market.
24 May 2018

Date import increases

Bangladesh imported 42,931 tonnes of dates—a popular iftar item—in the last four months, up 6.32 percent year-on-year thanks to the increasing consumption of the fruit.
22 May 2018
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Ctg commodity prices lower than last Ramadan

The wholesale prices of essential items for Ramadan have remained lower than last year at Khatunganj in the run-up to the Muslim holy month thanks to a surge in imports in the last four months.
17 May 2018
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Ctg port choked by container congestion

The Chittagong Port Authority plans to impose additional rents for container storage as it has been suffering from acute container
17 April 2018
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BSC set to get new vessel after 27 years

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is in the process of purchasing new bulk carriers for its fleet after about 27 years.
2 April 2018

CPA selling off Hanjin's containers 'for arrears'

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has nearly completed auctioning off 1,057 empty containers, reasoning that it was to realise a
6 February 2018
Chattogram port’s anomalies

'Pleasure' trip or what?

Just two weeks before going back to the navy, the Chittagong Port Authority chairman went on an eight-day official visit to South Africa and Morocco apparently to gather knowledge on how to improve the port's operation.
18 January 2018
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Matarbari port to be turned into a deep-sea port

The sea port being built for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant will be turned into a deep-sea port, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.
6 January 2018
GDP growth rate for Bangladesh in FY 2018-19

Congestion pulls down growth rate to five-year low

Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36
1 January 2018
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BPC won't sell fuel to Biman on credit

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has decided to stop selling fuel to Biman Bangladesh Airlines on credit from tomorrow as its outstanding dues have hit around Tk 1,600 crore in the last eight years.
30 December 2017
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Radisson wants to serve more people in Chittagong

Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View is keen to provide its quality products and services at affordable prices to the people of Chittagong,
4 December 2017

Ship collisions at Ctg port raise concerns

Ships have frequently been colliding with each other and running aground at Chittagong port's outer anchorage and approaches for
12 November 2017

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