City corporation forms 4-member committee to reduce gridlock, develop modern transport network
The Ctg port’s capacity has risen from 56,000 TEUs to 66,000 TEUs
The much-anticipated Bay Terminal of the Chattogram port is expected to go into operation by 2030, said Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman, chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
The election will be held on November 1
The factories were closed last week following worker unrest
Trailer owners called off their strike following a section of truckers
Says tariff hike illegal, beyond Port Act provisions
Administrator tasked with holding election in 4 months
The election board of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has cleared 63 candidates to contest for the post of director of the major chamber in the port city, known as the commercial capital of Bangladesh.
The revised schedule hikes 190-metre tug hire charge by 500 percent to $15,709
They will form a consortium of local and foreign investors to redevelop and operate the terminal for 25 to 30 years
The 5.77-kilometre pipeline will help Padma save Tk 8 crore a year
The government has deferred the rollout of Chattogram port’s new tariff structure by one month after business leaders pressed for a year-long postponement and a phased increase.
Several aspirants denied submission of nomination papers
They made the call from a rally under the banner of Anti-Discrimination Businesses Forum
Businesses urged the government not to raise service tariffs at Chattogram port by a massive 41 percent at once, but to increase them rationally in phases, aiming to keep the country’s foreign trade competitive in the global market.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed that all import containers destined for private inland container depots (ICDs) or off-docks must be transferred to the designated facilities on the very day they are unloaded from vessels at Chattogram port.
