C T Online Desk: Despite the global recession caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and the extreme dollar crisis in the country, Chittagong Port has set a record in handling goods and ships. Compared to last year 2021, in the recently departed year 2022, there has been an increase of 2.28 percent in cargo handling and 3.21 percent in ship handling in the main port of the country.
However, the negative growth was in container handling. Negative growth in container handling stood at 2.60 percent in 2022. The good news is that Chittagong port has retained container handling of 3 million TEUs after overcoming various crises. These figures are as of December 30. However, as Saturday, December 31, the last day of the year is a weekend holiday, even if there is not a significant number of handling on this day, there will not be much change in the growth statistics, said the port officials.
According to statistics, cargo handling is 11 crore 92 lakh 76 thousand 262 metric tons till December 30, 2022. Earlier in 2021, its amount was 11 crore 66 lakh 19 thousand 158 metric tons. As a result, growth increased by 2.28 percent. On the other hand, in 2022, 4 thousand 209 ships were handled, but in 2022, Chittagong Port’s ship handling volume stood at 4 thousand 344. As a result, the growth in ship handling also increased to 3.21 percent.
