Performances 

Performance Type    Year 

Vessels Calls 2203 2009 – 2010 FY
Container traffic (TEU's) 1.278.519 2009 – 2010 FY
Total Cargo Handling (mt) 37.001.176 2009 – 2010 FY
Total Annual Capacity of the Port 40.230.591 2009 – 2010 FY

Capacity 
Capacity Type  Bulk Container Conventional
(mt/year)  (TEU's/year)  (mt/year) 
Export activity of the Port - 632.855 4.187.968
Import activity of the port - 645.664 32.813.208

Discharge Rates 
(MT/Day) Bulk Bagged
to warehouse 3500 – 4000 Bagged cargo is not
(silo) discharged in bags
to trucks Bulk cargo is not discharged in trucks 2000 - 2500
to rail-wagons Bulk cargo is not discharged to rail-wagons 750 - 1000
to barges Bulk cargo is not discharged to barges Bagged Cargo is not
discharged into barges
to bagging Bulk is not bagged at the port
 
 Schedule of Charges
Particulars of Basis of Rates Not Exceeding 21 Rates Exceeding 21 feet
Charges Charges feet length length
Wholly using CPA
equipment:
(a) FCL Container Per Container US$ 43,40 US$ 65,10
(b) LCL Container -do- US$ 130,00 US$ 195,00
(c) Empty -do- US$ 22,10 US$ 33,20
Container

Berthing Equipment and Specifications 

 
 Vessel Specifications:
 Port Specifications Nb Bulk Min Bulk Max Convention Convention
(m) (m) al Min (m) al Max (m)
Berths 31 2,2 m 186 m 2,2 m 186 m
Anchorages No 8,5 m 11,5 m 8,5 m 11,5 m
limitations
Draught at anchor n/a 8,5 m 11,5 m 8,5 m 11,5m
Draught at Berth n/a 8,55 m 9,2 m 8,55 m 9,2 m
Length Over All n/a No 186 m No 186 m
limitations limitations
Beam (maximum) n/a No No No No
limitations limitations limitations limitations
provided provided
length is length is 186
186 m m
 
 Storage Charge, Containers and Non-CPA Equipment:
Storage Charges Basis of Rates Not Rates Rates Exceeding
Charges Exceeding 21 ft. 41 feet length
Exceeding
length
21 ft. but not
exceeding
41 ft length
Loaded
Container:
(a) First 7th days Per Container, US$ 6,00 US$ 12,00 US$ 18,00
(b) From the 8th per diem or US$ 12,00 US$ 24,00 US$ 36,00
to the 20th days
(c) For each part thereof US$ 24,00 US$ 48,00 US$ 72,00
subsequent day
Empty Container:
(a) First 7th days -do- US$ 6,00 US$ 12,00 US$ 12,00
(b) From the 8th US$ 12,00 US$ 24,00 US$ 36,00
to the 20th days
(c) For each US$ 24,00 US$ 48,00 US$ 72,00
subsequent day
 
 Extra Container Movement
Particulars of Charges Basis of Rates Not Exceeding 21 ft. Rates Exceeding
Charges length 21 ft. length
Extra Container
Movement:
(a) Loaded Container Per Container / US$ 42,60 US$ 63,90
Per Movement
(b) Empty Container Do US$ 21,70 US$ 32,50
 
 Reefer Container Service
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charge Rates
Supply of Electricity and Connecting and Per Container, per diem US$ 9,00
Disconnecting reefers, Including monitoring. or part thereof
 
 Change of Status
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
Change of Status Per Container per change US$ 10,00
 River Dues (Containerised)
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charges Rates Not Rates Exceeding
Exceeding 21 ft. 21 ft. length
length
F.C.L. container and Contents:
(a) Import Per container Tk. 408,00 Tk. 816,00
(b) Export Do Tk. 184,00 Tk. 368,00
L.C.L. container and Contents:
(a) Import Per 1000 kg. or Tk. 34,10
part thereof
(b) Export Do Tk. 15,30
 
 Accounts Officer (Bill Revenue) Empty Container
Particulars of Basis of Charges Rates Not Exceeding Rates Exceeding 21
Charges 21 ft. length ft. length
(a) Import Per container do Tk. 102,00 Tk. 204,00
(b) Export -do- Tk. 102,00 Tk. 204,00
 
 Stuffing/Un-stuffing
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
Stuffing Unstuffing Per 1000 kg. or part thereof of contents Tk. 300,00
-do- Tk. 300,00
 
 Hoisting Charge (Containerised)
 Particulars of Charges Rates
Hoisting Charge (Containerised) 100% of the Stuffing/Unstuffing charge at tariff item 5,2
 
 Lift on / Lift off Charges
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charges Rates Not Exceeding Rates Exceeding 21
21 ft. length ft. length
Lift on / lift off charge, per container Tk. 1000,00 Tk. 1500,00
Loaded container
Lift on / lift off charge, -do- Tk. 375,00 Tk. 562,50
empty container
 
 Dues and Charges on Vessel
Vessels Chargeable Rate of Port dues Dues how often Chargeable in respect of
same Vessel
Sea-going Vessels US$ 0,241 per GRT or On each entry
part thereof
Berthing or Un- US$ 88,50 per occasion (for shifting)
berthing
 
 Mooring Occupancy
Particulars of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
Sea-going vessel (Excluding
trawlers):
(a) Fixed Mooring Per vessel per diem or part thereof US$ 167
(b) Swinging Mooring -do- US$ 100
Non-Sea-going vessels and
trawlers:
(a) Fixed Mooring -do- Tk. 1390,00
(b) Swinging Mooring -do- Tk. 1000,00
 
 Water Supply Charges
Description of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
(a) Water Supply to a vessel by means of the main Per 1000 litres / or part US$ 1,50
supply line thereof
(b) Water Supply to a vessel by means of -do- US$ 6,40
CPA water Boat or Barge
 
 Tugs Charges at the following rates shell be levied for Tugs
 Description of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
Tug Charges of Pilotage Movement
for Sea-going vessels:
(a) 200 to 1000 GRT Per Tug per Movement US$ 158,00
(b) Over 1000 GRT up to 5000 GRT -do- US$ 316,00
(c) Over 5000 GRT -do- US$ 632,00
Hire of Tug for any other purposes Per Tug per hour or part thereof US$ 158,00
Work Outside Port Limit -do- US$ 316,00
 
 Pilotage fees
Pilotage (In or Outward)
Shifting fees
Night Navigation fees (a) for vessels up to 5000 GRT US$ 18,50
(In addition to the Pilotage fees from 6pm to 6am)
(b) for vessels over 5000 GRT but not
exceeding 10000 GRT US$ 34,00
(c) for vessels over 10000 GRT US$ 43,00
 
 Jetty Crane Charges
Description of Charges Basis of Charges Rates
(a) Use of Jetty crane Per crane, per period of 8 hours or part thereof US$ 42,00
(b) If jetty crane not used -do- US$ 20,10
 
 Berth Occupancy
Jetty No. 1 to 13, CCT, NCT, SLJ, SILO, US$ 0,25 Per GRT, per jetty berth per
DOJ, TSP, CCG, KAFCO & CUFL hour or part thereof.

Berthing Specifications 
Total Berths  Quantity  Length  Draft 
Conventional Berths 6 186 8.5 → 9.2
Container Berths 11 186 8.5 → 9.2
Bulk Oil Jetties 3 N/A N/A
Grain Silo Jetty 1 N/A N/A
Cement/ Clinker Jetty 1 N/A N/A
Fertilizers Jetties 3 N/A N/A
Ammonia Jetty 1 N/A N/A
Dry Dock Jetties (repair) 2 N/A N/A
River Mooring Berths 5 N/A N/A
Jetty Berths (For (POL) 1 - -
Concrete Berth (For Grain Handling) 1 - -
Pontoon Berths (For POL) 3 - -
Pontoon Berths (For Cement) 1 - -
Single Point Mooring 14 - -

Berthing Support 
  Quantity 
Berthing Tugs and Mooring Boats 6
Pilot Boats Yes
Water Barges Yes
Police Boats Yes
Anti-pollution Boats Yes
Speed Boats Yes

Port berthing details web page no information provided

Port Cargo Handling Equipment 

Please see below

Port Cargo Equipment (operational) 

Appliance  Quantity  Capacity 
Shore Crone 26 2 – 3 Ton
Mobile Crone 33 10 – 50 Ton
Forklift 29 3 – 5 Ton
Low Mast Forklift 45 2.5 – 5 Ton
Tractors 16 25 Ton
Trailors 39 6 25 Ton

Container Facilities 
 Container Handling Equipment (existing)
 Description Capacity (Ton) No(s).
Quay Gantry Crane 50 04
Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane (RTG) 40 40
Straddle Carriers (4 High) 40 19
Reach Stocker 45 12
Forklift 42 05
Forklift 28 01
Forklift 25 01
Forklift (Spreader) 16 10
Reach Stocker 07 09
Forklift (Fork) 07 03
Forklift Truck 05 02
Container Mover 50 03
Terminal Tractor 50 64
Trailer 40 57
 
 Container Handling

1. AT CONVENTIONAL BERTHS (GCB):

(For Containers)
Physical Facilities:
Holding Capacity 9.657 TEUs
Yards (20 Nos.) 212.238 Sq.m
Container Freight Stations (CFS-11Nos.) 86.168 Sq.m
Container storage yard 223.389 Sq.m
 
2. CONTAINER TERMINAL (CCT)
Physical Facilities:
Holding Capacity 6.408 TEUs
Total Holding Capacity 16.065 TEUs
(GCB+CCT+NCT)
Quay Length 450 M
CFS 12.700 Sq.m
Container Storage Yard 150.000 Sq.m
Railway Container Siding 550 M
Reefer Points 210 (415 volts) Points
Vessels 3 Container vessels of accommodating Length
Standby Generator 2 no (2.5 M.W) & 2 nos. (820 KVA each)
Water Reservoir 140.000 Gallons
Fire Brigade 1 Unit
 
 Inland Container Depot (ICD):
An inland container at Dhaka is in operation since 1987 with an annual handling capacity of 80.000
TEUs. At present one container train runs daily each way between Chittagong and Dhaka ICD.
Bangladesh Railway is considering introducing another train to run daily from either side.
Facilities:
Container holding capacity 3927 TEUs
Yard Area 1 36 866  Sq. m
CFS 8000 Sq. m
Forklift/Top lifters (Private suppliers) 2 no. 36(T), 1 no. 35(T), 1 no. 28(T), 1 no. 8(T)
Railway Wagons for Container 350 nos.
Transportation
Railway Terminal (Length of two tracks) 1097 m

Facility Types 
  20 ft (TEU's)  40 ft (FEU's) 
Container facilities yes yes
Daily off-take capacity: No of containers/day 600 500
Container Freight Stations (CFS) yes yes
Number of CFS 04 04
Capacity of CFS: No of containers/day N/A N/A
Refrigerated Container Stations yes/no yes/no
Number of Reefer Stations (connection points) 13278 TEUs  13278 TEUs
Refrigerated Container Stations yes yes
Number of Stations 01 01

General Cargo Handling Berths 

no information provided

General Cargo - Imports 

  Berths 
Imports - Bagged Cargo 6
Exports - Bagged Cargo 6
Imports - Steel Goods 6
Imports and Exports -- Ro-Ro 6
Imports - Vehicles 6
Others Imports 6

Oil Handling Terminal 

Chittagong port hosts Bangladesh only petroleum refinery plant. Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) a
subsidiary of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). The refinery complex was installed on the
bank of the Karnafuli River. It went into operation in 1968. This refinery has the capacity of refining
34,000 barrels of crude oil per day (i.e., 1.5 million m tons per year). Basically, it is a fuel refinery,
producing different kinds of petroleum products along with some special non-fuel products used in
other industries.

ERL processes mainly two types of crude oil - Arabian Light Crude (ALC) from Saudi Arabia and
Murban Crude from Abu Dhabi. ERL also processes a small quantity (about 200-250 bbl/day) of oil
from Haripur gas field. Refined products supplied by ERL meet the demand for most of the petroleum
products of the country except kerosene, JP-1 (Jet Propulsion-1) and diesel. These are imported as
finished products to supplement the deficit.

Eastern Refinery produces 17 petroleum products such as RG (Refinery Gas), LPG (liquefied
petroleum gas), SBP (Special Boiling Point Solvent), MS (Motor Spirit), Naphtha, SKO (Superior
Kerosene Oil), MTT (Mineral Turpentine), JP-1, JBO (Jute Batching Oil), HSD (High Speed Diesel),
LSDO (Low Sulphur Diesel Oil), LDO (Light Diesel Oil), HSFO (High Sulphur Fuel Oil), LSFO (Low
Sulphur Furnace Oil) and Bitumen.

Some of these, such as SBP, JBO, MTT and Bitumen are non-fuel products. Some of the ER
products are produced only on demand. The surroundings of the refinery hosts then important fuel
depots operated by all major Bangladeshi Oil companies and distributors. 3 specific jetties are
dedicated to oil.

Contact: ERL – 031 – 741 343 – 46 and 740 381-82

Multipurpose Terminal 
 
The 6 berths dedicated to conventional cargo are used as multipurpose terminal.

NB: Log shipping capacities operate from jetties 1 and 2

 

Grain and Bulk Handling 

 
See Main Silo Terminal
 

Main Silo Terminal 

Bagging Machines Chittagong Port does not have any
bagging machines
Silo Facilities 01 Silo Nos. 100.000 MT
Vacuvators 16 10 tons an hour m²
75 15 tons an hour
Available Storage Transit Sheds 1-9 52.069 m³
(covered) Warehouses A, B, D, F, P, R, O 26.746
(in square metres) Car Sheds 5.082
Open Dumps 90.000
Available Storage Warehouses 6 32.500 m³
(open air) Open Dumps 200.000
 
The Chittagong Silo is situated at north Patenga, Chittagong. It is the biggest silo of Bangladesh with
storage capacity of 100.000 MT. It deals with wheat only and is under the administrative control of
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management of the government of Bangladesh.
The strategy for Chittagong Silo is to use it predominantly for quick clearance of incoming mother
vessels carrying imported wheat, for storage of a national buffer stock, to maintain quality of stored
grain and quick dispatching to upcountry destinations with maximum efficiency.
From the operation point of view Chittagong Silo can be divided into three sub-systems namely:
1. Receiving
2. Storage
3. Dispatching

1. RECEIVING SUB-SYSTEM:
This Silo has the facilities to receive food grain (particularly wheat) only in bulk through Gantry. The
objective of the system is as follows:
a. To start unloading as quickly as possible.
b. To unload grain from carrier within minimum possible time.
c. To record weighing of all incoming grain accurately.
d. To ensure safe storage.

2. STORAGE SUB-SYSTEM:
The Silo has 88 round bins and 54 star bins. The capacity of each round bin is 1000 MT and that of
star bin is 225 MT. The Silo is provided with a dust control machine. Existing fumigation on pest
control system is provided with a liquid spray system and peeled dispenser system, though it is rarely
used due to non-infestation of the grain. The objective of this sub-system is to keep the grain in good
quality.

3. DESPATCHING SUB-SYSTEM:
This Silo has the facilities to dispatch food grain both in bulk and bagged form. In bulk it is mainly
delivered by river coaster in Narayangonj Silo and Khulna Steel Silo and through hopper wagon in
Ashugonj, Santaher and Narayangonj Silo. The bagged cargo is delivered mainly through railway
covered wagon and through truck almost in all CSD and LSD in the country.

 Specifications of Chittagong Silo

Normal Capacity 100.000 MT

Highest Capacity 103.804 MT
Dia of Circular Bins 27’-0’’
Height of Bins 94’-0”
No Of star Bins 54 (250 MT)
No Of circular Bins 88 (1.000 MT)
Size of head house floor 34’X74’
Height of head house above
174’
finished grade
Height of head house above
150’
airport runway
Depth of head house board
24’
pit finished grade
Pneumatic travelling 3 (suction rate 600 MT per hour. 1 unit commence from
ship unloading unit 2008)
Pneumatic static ship 1 (Loading/unloading rate 200 MT per hour)
Receiving belt conveyor 3 (capacity 200 MT per hour each)
Main Bucket elevator 4 (capacity 200 MT per hour each)
Basement chain conveyor 8 (capacity 200 MT per hour each)
Automatic hopper scale 4 (Computerized)
Truck scale (Weigh bridge) 1 (capacity 40 MT)
Distribution belt conveyor with
6
tripper
Chemical Protecting sprayer 6
Sp. Fumigation bins 2
Grain Drier 1
Grain cleaner 1 (capacity 25 MT per hour)
Bagging scale 6 (capacity 8 bags of 85 kg net per minute)
Temperature indication system 1
Truck loading (bag) 8
Rail loading (bunk) 2
Investment- (a) Civil / (b) 13.098.550 US$ / 30.937.681US$ Total = 16,5 million
Mechanical US$
Civil Engineering construction SKANSKA OF SWEEDEN
MIAG/BUHLER- a joint venture association of
Machinery installation
Germany & Switzerland
Electrical installation LK.NES of Denmark
Consultants W.H. Engineers of USA
Jetty length- (a)
(a) 328 meters / (b) 42 meters
Unloading / Loading (b)
Sub station 3 units (each capacity is 1200 kva)

 Yearly Receipt & Dispatch Position of Chittagong Silo

Year Receipt (MT) Despatch (MT)
2007 2 57924,774 2 21083,978
2008 (Till July’08) 94 205,352 1 20449,317

 Mode-wise Dispatch/Delivery statement (1976-2008)

Years Rail (MT) River (MT) Road (MT) Total (MT)
2007-08 1 185 27,069 52 973,855 53055,763 53055,763
2008-09 (Till July’08) 6 081,082 0 1988,654 8 069,736

Main Storage Terminal 

no information provided

Bagging - Grain Handling 

 
Bagging of wheat is ensured at the silo (see above)
There is no bagging facility in service at Chittagong port currently. Bagging activities are done by
hand.
Nevertheless, as the need is increasing, GoB envisages the possibility of having a private company
operating such activities in a near future.

Stevedoring 
Stevedoring activities are ensured by private companies. Those companies are shortlisted through a
public tender process and renewed every 2 years. See the annexes for a list of stevedores and berth
operating companies.

Handling and Charges

Conventional Cargo 
Operated at the 6 dedicated jetties. All capacities (equipment, handling, storage, transport) are
provided by the CPA.

Containerised Cargo 
Please refer to the annexes.

Containerised Cargo Handling Charges 

Containerised Cargo Handling type  20 ft 40 ft
(TEU's)  (FEU's) 
Discharge, loading, shifting within the hold or shifting on deck N/A N/A
without landing
Containers handled via a conventional ship N/A N/A
Containers handled on a Ro-Ro basis N/A N/A
Empty containers N/A N/A
Transhipment containers, overland containers, containers shipped & N/A N/A
re-landed or landed & re-shipped or shifted from hold to hold
Stripping or Stuffing of Containers N/A N/A
Stripping and re-stuffing transhipment cargo N/A N/A

Shore Handling: Containerised Cargo 

Please refer to the annexes.

Shore Handling Types 

  20 ft 40 ft
(TEU's) (FEU's)
   
Import Containers N/A N/A
Export Containers N/A N/A
Stripping and re-stuffing for customs verification N/A N/A
Stripping and re-stuffing of un-nominated or shut-out export cargo N/A N/A
Stripping or re-stuffing of containers taken to Customs Warehouse N/A N/A

Shore Handling Charges 

Cargo (per ton or part of)  Charge
 
Ten day removal charges, or transfer within the Port, or transfer to Customs N/A
Import Containers handled at the Inland Container Depots N/A
Exports Containers handled at the Inland Container Depots N/A

Clearing Agents 

Port Security 
Security at the ports is usually high since these fall under the high risk category of government
installations. Port security is headed by the Director of Security who has a number of Assistant
Directors, Officers and Security Guards to assist him in this task. Security in both the main ports is
ISPS compliant with ISPS level 1 being assigned to it. In addition there is also a contingent of the
armed forces who have been stationed at the port to address emergencies, if any. However no major
incidents of security lapses have been reported at the port.
For more detailed information please refer to the annexes.

Security ISPS Compliant: yes

Security ISPS Level (current): Normal (1)

Storage Facilities 

Storage Facilities Managed By

Storage Facilities: Port Storage 

Total floor space  Quantity  Floor Area (m2) 
Main Quay Transit Sheds 9 52.000
Car Sheds 2 5.000
Open Dumps - 90.000
Customs Warehouses 4 26.700