Chittagong Port Authority

Chittagong Port is the major seaport of Bangladesh. It provides a major gateway for the country’s trade with the outside world. During the year 2012-2013 Chittagong Port handled over 43.37 million metric tons of cargo including 1.47 million TEUs containerized cargo, which is around 92% of total maritime trade of Bangladesh. The GDP growth of Bangladesh economy is around 6-7% while the container traffic growth of Chittagong Port is about 14% which is double of GDP rate. Thus Chittagong Port’s contribution to the national economy is remarkable. To meet the challenges of globalization and liberalization of world trade and economy, Chittagong Port has undertaken many ambitious projects to enhance its capacity, improve efficiency and quality of services and also to develop adequate facilities to turn itself into a world class regional port.