China overtakes Germany as UK’s top import market
Apparel Desk: China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began. Goods imported from China rose 66% from the start ...
World’s First Zero Emissions Handlers Introduced at LA Port
Apparel Desk : Increasing its commitment to combat the detrimental environmental effects of carbon emissions, the Port of Los Angeles unveiled its new Taylor ZLC976 zero-emissions top handlers, which rely on battery-powered electricity. ...
US Coast Guard Wants BD Port Scanning from Nov.
Apparel Correspondent : The US Coast Guard has suggested that the Chattogram Port Authority ensure by October a full-scale scanning system of the US-bound export containers as part of implementation of ...
Ctg Port’s container handling capacity increased
Staff Correspondent: The Chittagong Port has got three new gantry cranes on 14 August, which would boost the port's container handling capacity. The assembling of the new cranes will take ...
4 land ports being developed to boost trade with India
Staff Correspondent : The government has launched a fresh project to develop the infrastructures of three land ports to boost trade with India through regional connectivity. The security features of ...
4 land ports being developed to boost trade with India
Staff Correspondent: The government has launched a fresh project to develop the infrastructures of three land ports to boost trade with India through regional connectivity. The security features of Benapole ...
Green Shipping in China
Apparel Report: A technical center to promote green shipping and looking at how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Asian shipping sectors was established at Shanghai Maritime University last week. The Maritime ...
2017-06-06 | MoreBangladesh buying six new ships from China
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh will procure six new ships from China at a cost of Tk 1,843cr, according to a press release. “Each ship will have 39,000 tonnes capacity. The six ...
Mongla EPZ to be the trade center of southern region
Apparel Report: ‘Within a short span of time Mongla EPZ (Export Processing Zone) would be the main trade center of the southern region’ Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones ...
Ship builders seek interest subsidy scheme
Staff Correspondent : Western Marine Shipyard last week launched the country’s first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) “Doria” for its foreign buyer at the shipyard in Chittagong. The OVP vessel was ...
Aktau sea port to be privatized
Apparel Desk : Kazakhstan’s Aktau International Sea Port on the Caspian Sea will be privatized in 2017, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company, which owns the port said in a message. ...
Port performance leaves much to be desired
Staff Correspondent : The poor rating given by the World Bank, in general, of the sea ports in the South Asian region in terms of their performance is quite disquieting. ...
BD can cut shipping costs by up to 9 percent
Apparel Report: Bangladesh can cut shipping costs by up to 9 percent and boost exports by 7 percent if its ports become as efficient as those in Sri Lanka, according ...
Grain silo to open near Mongla port
Apparel Report: The grain silo near Mongla port is set to become operational by the end of this month, enabling the food directorate to unload imported wheat without pilferage and ...
Argentina plans to modernise ports
Apparel Report: The Argentinean government has calculated that the Port of Buenos Aires needs investment of $1bn in order to modernise. This would see container capacity raised from 800,000 teu ...
3,000 old containers awaiting for auction at Ctg port
Chittagong Bureau: Nearly 3,000 containers piled up at different yards of Chittagong Port for five to 20 years are waiting for auction. Experts apprehend that most goods stored in these ...
