Ctg Dry Dock takes over New Mooring Container Terminal operation

Chittagong Port Authority transferred the terminal to Chittagong Dry Dock Limited, a shipyard managed by the Navy, for six months at midnight, port officials said.

“NCT operations have been handed over to Chittagong Dry Dock following government instructions and approval from the Port Authority's board meeting,” said Chittagong Port Secretary Omar Faruk.

He said a six-month agreement has been signed with Chittagong Dry Dock to run the terminal, which came into effect from Monday.

Chittagong Dry Dock Limited, formerly an enterprise of Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation, was created as a complementary facility to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to cater to regular and emergency repair needs of the national flag carrier vessels as well as vessels that touch Chittagong Port.

On December 23, 2015, CDDL was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy (BN) and is now being operated under the management of BN as state state-owned limited company.

The CDDL will initially be responsible for managing NCT for six months under the direct procurement method.

Saif Powertec Managing Director Tarafder Ruhul Amin said they have officially handed over NCT to the Navy but continue operations at Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) under a separate agreement.

Chittagong port has four container terminals — Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT), New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), General Cargo Berth (GCB, handling container and bulk cargo), and Patenga Container Terminal (PCT).

NCT alone handled 44% of the 3.2 million TEUs of containers managed by Chittagong port in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

Saif Powertec has been operating NCT since 2007.