Ctg port's Jan container handling rises 13pc

The Chittagong port got off to a flying start in January by handling 13.28-per cent higher containers year on year, driven by a significant rise in the country's export and import trade.

According to port officials, the country's prime seaport handled a total of 263,614 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers this January, up from 232,709 TEUs in the same month of the previous year.

Data shows the port handled 75,234 TEUs of export goods-laden containers, 53,149 TEUs of empty outbound containers, 124,039 TEUs of import goods-laden containers, and 11,192 TEUs of empty inbound containers last month.

On the other hand, the port had handled 63,634 TEUs of export goods-laden containers, 49,139 TEUs of empty outbound containers, 112,095 TEUs of import goods-laden containers, and 7,841 TEUs of empty import containers in January 2024.

A senior Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) official told The Financial Express the country's overall exports grew by 5.7 per cent this January compared to the same month in the previous year.

He said imports also increased significantly that month, which was why the port was very "The port's performance depends on the country's overall economic activities," the official added.

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