New Chattogram port tariff on containers raises trade costs despite brief delay

In the first major tariff review in almost four decades, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has raised service charges at Chattogram port by 41 percent.

Containers got piled up in five layers instead of four

The 2023 edition of the Lloyd's List One Hundred Ports was published last week

A vessel with 10 metres draught berthed at a jetty of the Chattogram port for the first time yesterday, a major leap forward as the movement of larger ships is expected to cut costs and save time.