Dwaipayan Barua

UAE’s DP World, Saudi RSGT and two local entities enter competition

The UAE-based company also wants to operate Chittagong Container Terminal

Companies are deploying a range of measures to absorb the cost shock without immediately raising retail prices

The recent fuel price hike is rippling through Bangladesh’s trade logistics chain, pushing up costs for importers, exporters and freight operators at the same time.

They raised the charges because of the diesel price hike, says Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (BICDA)

Lighter vessels are facing fuel shortages that are slowing and disrupting their regular operations to unload cargo from mother ships at Chattogram port’s outer anchorage.

Lighter vessels are facing fuel shortages that are slowing and disrupting their regular operations to unload cargo from mother ships at Chattogram port’s outer anchorage.

Amid long queues at refuelling stations, trucks carrying perishable vegetables, food items and factory raw materials are charging at least Tk 5,000 more than pre-war rates per trip to Dhaka from different parts of the country.