1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (523+ words) The government has formed a high-level committee comprising ministers and secretaries to review existing laws, rules, policies and other relevant issues concerning the country’s ship industry and recommend necessary reforms. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (300+ words) The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has urged the government to take immediate steps to strengthen security at the Chattogram Port's outer anchorage after three piracy incidents involving foreign commercial vessels were reported within the past month. Through a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (400+ words) Thousands of passengers are being forced to cross the Meghna river on illegal trawlers on the Monpura-Tazumuddin route in Bhola at great risk despite a seasonal ban on such vessels in the perilous waters, as the only sea truck on…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (373+ words) Continuous rainfall over the past two days has caused severe waterlogging at Benapole Land Port, damaging imported goods after floodwater inundated several warehouses at the country's largest land port. Traders blamed poor drainage and inadequate water management for the recurring…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (489+ words) Six workers have died in shipbreaking accidents since the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships became mandatory in Bangladesh on June 26 last year, according to a half-yearly report released by the Bangladesh Institute of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (265+ words) The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today urged the government to accelerate the development of inland waterway infrastructure to reduce the cost of doing business and improve trade logistics across the country. The call came during a courtesy meeting…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (308+ words) A Bangladeshi multinational company, MGH Group, is going to construct the country’s first privately built container terminal at Chattogram port on the bank of the Karnaphuli River in Patenga. Through a competitive bidding process, Transmarine Logistics, a subsidiary of MGH…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (653+ words) For anyone in the import business, the economic risks from the war in the Middle East arrive by sea -- and that goes for everyone who buys their products, too. As the war rages into its third week, the near-total closure…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (480+ words) The Red-Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) Chittagong recorded its highest-ever monthly container throughput of 30,308 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) in February since Saudi operator RSGT International (RSGTI) began operations in June 2024. Major equipment, such as ship-to-shore gantry cranes for the terminal, is…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (392+ words) For Bangladesh, a small open economy whose survival depends largely on imported energy and exported garments, this episode should register as a five-alarm warning requiring immediate policy attention. The global shipping system is not held together by naval power or…...