Port of Chittagong

Chittagong Port
Chittagong Port
	New Mooring Terminal
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Location
Country	Bangladesh
Location	Chittagong, Chittagong Division
Coordinates	22°18′47″N 91°48′00″E / 22.313°N 91.800°E
UN/LOCODE	BDCXB
Details
Opened	Before 2nd century CE (historical); 1887 (modern)
Operated by	Chittagong Port Authority
Owned by	Government of Bangladesh
Type of harbour	Artificial / Natural
No. of berths	19
Employees	7246
Chairman	Rear Admiral M Shahjahan
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	100M (2019–20)
Annual container volume	3.097M TEUs (2020–21)
	Website; cpa.gov.bd

The Chittagong Port (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the main seaport of Bangladesh. Located in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port handles over 90 percent of Bangladesh's export-import trade,^[3] and has been used by India, Nepal and Bhutan for transshipment.^[4]^[5] According to Lloyd's, it ranked as the 58th busiest container port in the world in 2019.^[6] The port has a recorded history dating back to ancient Roman accounts.^[7] It is the busiest container port on the Bay of Bengal.^[8]^[9]

Congestion is a major challenge in Chittagong port. The port had a congestion rate of 84.3 hours between January and July in 2017.^[10]

Heart of Bangladesh economy.

^ "UN/LOCODE (BD) - Bangladesh". UNECE. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরের কন্টেইনার হ্যান্ডলিং পরিসংখ্যান [Container Handling Statististics of Chittagong Port] (in Bengali). Chittagong Port Authority.
^ "Import, export through Chittagong Port up in May". The Business Standard. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "Nepal first to use Ctg port". The Daily Star. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ "India and Bangladesh begin transhipment operations". Fairplay.ihs.com. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ "Ctg Port 58th among 100 busiest ports". The Daily Star.
^ Schellinger, Paul; Salkin, Robert M., eds. (2012) [First published 1996]. Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-136-63979-1.
^ "RSGT Nominated to Operate New Patenga Container Terminal at Chittagong Port | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide".
^ Bose, Sohini (17 May 2022). "The Chittagong Port: Bangladesh's trump card in its diplomacy of Balance". Observer Research Foundation.
^ "Congestion paralyzes Chittagong port". Joc.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[Locode-1-1] "UN/LOCODE (BD) - Bangladesh". UNECE. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[container-stat-2] চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরের কন্টেইনার হ্যান্ডলিং পরিসংখ্যান [Container Handling Statististics of Chittagong Port] (in Bengali). Chittagong Port Authority.

[3] "Import, export through Chittagong Port up in May". The Business Standard. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[4] "Nepal first to use Ctg port". The Daily Star. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[5] "India and Bangladesh begin transhipment operations". Fairplay.ihs.com. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[6] "Ctg Port 58th among 100 busiest ports". The Daily Star.

[RingWatson2012-7] Schellinger, Paul; Salkin, Robert M., eds. (2012) [First published 1996]. Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-136-63979-1.

[8] "RSGT Nominated to Operate New Patenga Container Terminal at Chittagong Port | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide".

[9] Bose, Sohini (17 May 2022). "The Chittagong Port: Bangladesh's trump card in its diplomacy of Balance". Observer Research Foundation.

[10] "Congestion paralyzes Chittagong port". Joc.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

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