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Ending all speculation, the construction of the Matarbari deep container seaport is now starting. The construction of a terminal consisting of two jetties (one for containers and the other for bulk cargo such as crude oil and cereals) at a cost of 6,200 crore taka will begin immediately after signing of the agreement with the JICA-designated Japanese contractor consortium in Dhaka on April 22 last. Construction is slated to end around 2029, when container handling will formally commence.

 

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Matarbari Port to open new horizon for global trade: Adviser Sakhawat

The Matarbari Deep Sea Port will open up a new horizon for international trade and serve as a strategic investment for Bangladesh’s future, said Adviser to the Ministries of Shipping and Labour and Employment Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday. “This is not merely an infrast

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Matarbari Port to open new horizon for global trade: Adviser Sakhawat
FE Online Desk
Published :
Apr 22, 2025 21:34
Updated :
Apr 22, 2025 22:04

The Matarbari Deep Sea Port will open up a new horizon for international trade and serve as a strategic investment for Bangladesh’s future, said Adviser to the Ministries of Shipping and Labour and Employment Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain on Tuesday.

“This is not merely an infrastructure project—it is a cornerstone for the country’s long-term economic ambitions,” he said while addressing a contract signing ceremony in the capital for the development of the Matarbari Port under the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA), funded by JICA and CPA.

Once operational, the Matarbari Port will significantly boost the country’s cargo handling capacity by accommodating large vessels of up to 100,000 DWT, ease congestion at existing ports, enhance supply chain efficiency, and ensure direct access to the emerging industrial zones in Cox’s Bazar and Maheshkhali, he said.

Sakhawat also noted that the port is expected to help transform Bangladesh into a key energy and trans-shipment hub in the region, reports UNB.

Under Package 1 of the project, construction includes a 300-metre-long multi-purpose berth (for vessels up to 200m), a 460-metre container berth (for ships up to 350m), along with terminal buildings, pavements, retaining walls, sea walls, boundary walls, land development, dredging, land reclamation, emergency generators, solar power facilities, terminal utilities, and other ancillary civil and electrical works.

The terminal yard will feature around 5,100 ground slots for storing containers. With a 14.5-metre draft and the ability to berth container vessels of 300 metres in length and up to 8,200 TEUs, the port is projected to handle between 0.6 and 1.1 million TEUs annually by 2029, rising to an estimated 2.2 to 2.6 million TEUs by 2041.

Highlighting Japan’s support in the project, the adviser said, “The cooperation from the Government of Japan and JICA has been instrumental in turning the Matarbari vision into reality. Their technical expertise, financing, and capacity development contributions are deeply appreciated.”

The agreement was signed between Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman, chairman of Chattogram Port Authority, and Tomokazu Hasegawa, General Manager of Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd.​

 

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Under Package 1 of the project, construction includes a 300-metre-long multi-purpose berth (for vessels up to 200m), a 460-metre container berth (for ships up to 350m), along with terminal buildings, pavements, retaining walls, sea walls, boundary walls, land development, dredging, land reclamation, emergency generators, solar power facilities, terminal utilities, and other ancillary civil and electrical works.

The 350-meter long container ship class refers to the A-class container ships, which are among the largest container ships in the world. These ships have a capacity of 8000 TEU. Here are some examples.

This ships are five times the size of container ships what CTG now handles.

However 8000 TEU is the very upper limit for the container handling berth at Matarbari. Which means it will commonly handle panamax and post-panamax size container ships (roughly 5000-6000 TEU ships) which will ply directly from Korean, Japanese and Chinese ports to Matarbari and also to EU ports from that port.

No transshipment (which commonly occurs now in S'pore and Colombo for import and export container traffic for Bangladesh) will be needed any longer.