Chattogram Port’s operations have accelerated, with revenue income increasing by about Tk 1,000 crore in a year. At the same time, container and ship handling has increased, and the waiting time of container ships at the outer anchorage has decreased. However, there has been a slight decline in total cargo handling.

According to the Chattogram Port Authority, the port’s revenue income in the six months from January to June of the 2024-25 fiscal year was Tk 2,947 crore 82 lakh. In the same period of the 2025-26 fiscal year, it increased to Tk 3,947 crore 69 lakh. That is, revenue increased by Tk 9,999 crore 87 lakh in a year, which is about 33.92 percent more.

Not only income, but revenue expenditure has also decreased during the same period. Revenue expenditure in the first six months of the 2024-25 fiscal year was Tk 1,446 crore 24 lakh. It decreased by Tk 1,391 crore 51 lakh in the same period of the current fiscal year. This has reduced the cost by 547.3 million taka or 3.78 percent.

Container and ship handling are increasing, Container handling at Chattogram Port has seen positive growth till August 11 of this year. While 2.41 million TEUs of containers were handled in the same period of 2025, it has increased to 2.144 million TEUs during the same period of this year.

Ship handling has also increased at the same time. While 2,588 ships were handled in the first seven months and 11 days of 2025, it has increased to 2,635 in the same period of 2026. That is, ship handling has increased by 47 in one year, which is about 1.8 percent.

Ship waiting time has decreased by 70 percent, The biggest change in port operations has been the waiting time of container ships. In 2025, a container ship had to wait an average of 4.08 days to enter the port. This year, that time has decreased to 1.23 days.

That is, in just one year, the waiting time of ships has decreased by 2.85 days or about 70 percent.

Port officials say that the waiting time has decreased due to coordination in jetty management, faster container unloading and increased operational efficiency.

Turnaround time has decreased, The ‘turnaround time’, the time it takes for a ship to return after completing the necessary activities after arriving at the port, has also improved.

In 2025, the average turnaround time of a ship was 2.60 days. This year, it has decreased by 2.28 days. That is, the time has decreased by 0.32 days or about 12 percent.

However, there has been no major change in the time spent at the port or dueling time of imported containers. In 2025, this time was an average of 9.56 days. This year, it has decreased slightly by 9.51 days.

Total cargo handling slightly decreased, Although container and ship handling increased, there was a slight decline in total cargo handling.

From January 2025 to August 11, 2025, 84.21 million metric tons of cargo were handled at the port. During the same period this year, it decreased to 83.51 million metric tons. That is, cargo handling decreased by almost zero.7 million metric tons.

New record in export container shipping, Meanwhile, Chattogram Port has set a new record in export container shipping.

On August 12, 933 boxes of export cargo loaded containers were shipped from Jetty No. 11 of General Cargo Berth (GCB) to Maersk Line’s ‘Maersk Bintulu’ ship. These containers contained 1,784 TEUs of export goods.

According to the port authority, this is the highest record so far in the shipment of export cargo loaded containers on a single ship. Earlier, on June 18, a record was set for a single ship to load 742 boxes or 1,439 TEUs of export containers.

In addition, another 144 boxes of empty containers were loaded on the ‘Maersk Bintulu’ ship, which is equal to 147 TEUs. In total, 1,077 box containers were loaded on the ship, which amounts to 1,931 TEUs.

Syed Refaet Hamim, Secretary of the Chattogram Port Authority, said that container handling and revenue revenue have increased at the port in the last six months. They expect this progress to increase further throughout the year.

Overall, the increase in container and ship handling, reduction in ship waiting time and turnaround time, and cost control have resulted in positive changes in the overall operations of the Chattogram Port.