Mongla Port
Mongla posts record cargo and revenue, but Pasur dredging debt weighs on the port
Mongla handled a record 12.25m tonnes in FY2025-26, but a Tk 1,246 crore dredging loan for the Pasur channel falls due from 2030, the port told MPs.
Mongla Port
Mongla can become the southwest’s economic hub, PM says; Chinese firm signs economic zone MoU
Direct container trains from Kamalapur ICD to Mongla are planned once the new jetties are built, while Invest Bangladesh and CRCC signed an MoU on a Mongla economic zone.
Mongla Port
Prime Minister lays foundation for $336m Mongla jetty expansion as port targets 400,000 TEU
Jetties 10 and 11, new container yards and 49 pieces of equipment are planned under the four-year, China Exim Bank-funded project.
Mongla Port
Mongla to break ground on new container terminal as PM returns to the port on Thursday
The 368-metre terminal and yard should lift Mongla's capacity to about 400,000 TEU a year. A BIDA–China Railway Construction MoU on a rail link is due the same day.
Mongla Port
Coal-laden lighter sinks after collision near Mongla; all nine crew survive
MV Phulbari, carrying about 1,200 tonnes of coal, went down after being hit by an oil tanker; the port's main channel was not affected.
Chattogram Port
Parliamentary body urges Chattogram, Mongla and Payra ports to clear long-pending audit objections
The committee on government undertakings called for transparency, faster auction of unclaimed cargo, and action if losses are found in Mongla and Payra projects.
Mongla Port
Bangladesh signs $335.78m Chinese loan to expand and modernise Mongla Port
The concessional Exim Bank of China loan carries 2% interest and a 20-year repayment period, and will fund two container terminals and new yards at Mongla.
Mongla Port
Mongla Port passes last year’s container total with months to spare
The port handled 25,250 TEUs between July 2025 and mid-April 2026, above the 21,456 TEUs it moved in the whole of FY2024-25.
Mongla Port
Mongla handles record 17,387 TEUs in first half of FY2025-26
Twenty-eight container vessels brought a record 17,387 TEUs to Mongla between July and December 2025, while 440 overseas vessels called at the port.
Mongla Port
Mongla positions itself as a regional transit hub as FY25 profit triples target
Reported in December 2025: Mongla's FY2024-25 net profit of Tk 62.10 crore was more than three times its target, and the port is building road, river and rail links to serve neighbouring regions.
Mongla Port
Bangladesh signs $335.78m China Exim loan for two Mongla container terminals
The 20-year loan at 2% interest, signed on 10 October 2026, will fund two container terminals and yards at Mongla, targeted for completion in December 2028.
