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- While $60 billion of annual trade currently pours through the country’s two existing seaports, Chittagong and Mongla, both are too shallow for large container ships and require costly load transfers to smaller vessels to get cargo in and out — an added step that can cost an additional $15,000 per day and severely decreases the ports’ global competitiveness.
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Ports are essential to Bangladesh’s trade, but the two riverside seaports it inherited at independence, Chattogram and Mongla, are too shallow and lack the container handling capacity to keep...
Jun 7, 2016 · While $60 billion of annual trade currently pours through the country’s two existing seaports, Chittagong and Mongla, both are too shallow for large container ships and require costly load transfers to smaller vessels to get cargo in and out — an added step that can cost an additional $15,000 per day and severely decreases the ports ...
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Jul 4, 2024 · At present, Bangladesh heavily relies on feeder vessels for its import and export operations. Limitations in infrastructure in the Chittagong port jetty, such as the shallow depth of 9.5 meters [2] in draft and narrow width of 190 meters, restrict the entry of large mother vessels.
Jun 8, 2016 · A new port has not been built in the 45-year-old country which sees $60 billion worth of yearly trade throughout Chittagong and Mongla, the two existing seaports that happen to be too shallow for substantial containers.
Apr 25, 2019 · Mongla Port's (MP) geographic location makes maneuverability difficult for ships because the channel is often shallow, narrow, and muddy. This port permits vessels with draught ranging...
Jan 10, 2023 · Bangladesh is enclosed almost entirely by India (in the west, north, and east), with its south opening to the Bay of Bengal. As such, its seaports are crucial to the economy, and currently conduct over 90 percent of the country’s international trade. [3]