Pangaon & Inland Depots
Background: Chattogram’s 19 private depots called off December strike after port assurances
Reported in December 2025: private off-dock operators suspended a planned halt to export and empty-container handling for a month after meeting port and customs officials.
Pangaon & Inland Depots
BIDA proposes clearing 80% of imports through private off-docks to ease Chattogram congestion
The investment authority says phasing 80% of import clearance to private ICDs could raise handling capacity at NCT and CCT by 1.6 to 2 times.
Pangaon & Inland Depots
Private ICDs in Chattogram raise handling charges 9.85% after diesel price hike
The Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association announced a 9.85% surcharge on several services from 21 September 2026, the day diesel rose from Tk115 to Tk135 a litre.
Pangaon & Inland Depots
CPA invites private investors to develop 22 vacant acres at Pangaon terminal
Volumes at Pangaon rose to about 900 TEUs a month after Medlog took over; the port authority has now tendered 22 unused acres for private development for 22 years.
Pangaon & Inland Depots
Medlog takes over Pangaon inland container terminal, plans to halve user costs
MSC subsidiary Medlog began operating the loss-making Pangaon Inland Container Terminal near Dhaka on 17 January 2026 under a 22-year concession and says it aims to cut costs for users by about half.
Matarbari
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inspects Matarbari deep-sea port and power project
On 9 August 2026 the prime minister flew to Matarbari in Maheshkhali on his first visit since taking office, to inspect the deep-sea port, the coal-fired power project and the work of the Maheshkhali Integrated Development Authority.
Matarbari
Background: land-based LNG terminal near Matarbari moved to public-private partnership
Reported in April 2025: the government approved in principle building the proposed 1,000 mmcfd land-based LNG terminal near Matarbari Deep Sea Port through a public-private partnership.
Matarbari
Background: how the Matarbari terminal contract was signed with Penta-Ocean and TOA in 2025
Originally reported in April 2025: CPA signed a deal with a Japanese joint venture to build Matarbari's first terminal, a 460m container jetty and 300m multipurpose jetty estimated at Tk 6,196.67 crore.
