On 22 March 2021, Chattogram port completed 44 years since it started the handling of goods in containers. This programme was started on the same day in 1977 by importing goods in six containers on the ship ‘SS Tenacity’ at Chattogram port.
At present, 28 lac containers are being transported through Chattogram port every year. The economic progress of a country can be measured by the number of container handling. Because, just as valuable export goods are transported in containers, industrial raw materials, machinery, and other commercial products are also imported in them.
The main purpose of introducing transport of goods in containers was to take the raw materials directly from the port to the factory or warehouse and then to ship final products to the port easily.
