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Payra Port
Payra Port
Background: planning adviser called Payra port a ‘poisonous boil’ for the economy in 2025
Reported in March 2025: after an ECNEC meeting, then Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said the project was 'theoretically a bad project' because the channel needs year-round dredging.
Payra Port
Silt forces Payra’s coal ships to unload at Chattogram as foreign calls plunge
Only 17 foreign mother vessels called at Payra in the first half of FY26, against 85 in FY25, as the Rabnabad channel silted to about 6.5 metres, The Business Standard reported.
Payra Port
Payra to get maintenance dredging and two new dredgers to restore Rabnabad channel
The shipping minister told parliament on 10 June 2026 that a revised project for Rabnabad channel dredging and two trailing suction hopper dredgers is under review.
