Pangaon & Inland Depots
Background: NBR widened off-dock import list to 65 goods in 2025
Reported in July 2025: the National Board of Revenue added 27 import categories in two phases, letting private ICDs handle 65 types of imported goods.
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.
