Mongla port handled a record 17,387 TEUs carried by 28 container vessels in July-December 2025, the first half of fiscal 2025-26, The Financial Express reported on 2 January 2026, citing BSS and port sources.
A record 440 overseas commercial vessels anchored at the port in the same period. Imports totalled 6,327,870 tonnes and exports 42,671 tonnes, and 5,244 imported cars arrived on 15 vessels, according to figures provided by Md Makruzzaman of the Mongla Port Authority.
For comparison, the port imported 10,324,611 tonnes and exported 87,800 tonnes in the whole of FY2024-25. The report said dredging of routes including the Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel is expected to allow larger vessels to berth directly at the jetty.
Source
- The Financial Express (BSS): “Record 17,387 containers handled at Mongla Port in six months” (2 January 2026)
File photo: a vessel on the Pashur river at Mongla. Photo: Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This article is a summary prepared by Maritime News BD from the report(s) listed above; it was not independently reported by Maritime News BD.
