Maritime Affairs Unit | Dhaka Diplomat

Ships of 200-meter length and 10-meter draft can berth at Chittagong port

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) officially invited larger ships to take a berth in its jetties, to enhance productivity, leading to low import costs of cargo benefiting the consumers.

Ships of 200-meter length and 10-meter draft can berth at Chittagong port

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) officially invited larger ships to take a berth in its jetties, to enhance productivity, leading to low import costs of cargo benefiting the consumers.

PM offers India to use Chattogram, Sylhet ports

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for enhancing regional connectivity for boosting trade and commerce, offering India to use Chattogram and Sylhet ports for mutual benefits. "India can use

European Commission launches net-zero industry act

The European Commission launched its Net-Zero Industry Act yesterday, legislation that could see carbon capture technology rolled out more rapidly to ships.

ONE upgrades Singapore-South Philippines network

MSC partners with Global Centre For Maritime Decarbonisation

GCMD was formed as a non-profit organisation, is located in Singapore and seeks to assist the industry in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by developing guidelines for future fuels and...

Centre to facilitate processing of visa applications for Bangladesh opens at Kolkata railway station

Kolkata Railway Station is an international station handling two inter-dominion trains connecting Kolkata to Dhaka and Khulna. To facilitate such overseas passengers availing Visa services for Bangladesh-bound trains, the Visa...

CMA CGM joins race to operate Bangladeshi port terminals

Three top regional bosses of CMA CGM met the Chittagong Port Authority chairman and other top officials on 13 March and proposed to operate the Bay Terminal and Matarbari deep-sea...

CMA CGM launches direct Bangladesh-Middle East service

CMA CGM Group announced the launch of a new service, named Bangladesh India Gulf Express (BIGEX). The French shipping company said it will be the first direct service that will connect...

Goods transport through Dhaka-Chittagong railway halved

About 9,211 import-export containers were moved by rail between Chattogram port and the Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dhaka during the January-February period of the current calendar year. During the...

Bangladesh to modernise customs stations at ports

The Government of Bangladesh is all set to undertake a project aimed at modernising the major customs stations at Benapole, Chittagong and Dhaka at a cost of Taka 1,686.46 crore...

Maldives – upcoming transhipment port

Maldives is planning to develop an international container transshipment port to handle a capacity of 1.8 million TEU’s/year in the first phase by 2024. Maldives has a flourishing tourism market and...