Chattogram Port slips one notch in global container ranking despite higher handling
Shanghai port topped the list once again, followed by Singapore port.
Highlights:
- Chattogram Port fell to 68th in Lloyd's List
- It handled 3.275m TEUs in 2024, up 7.4%
- Shanghai and Singapore top the list
- Chattogram handles 99% of Bangladesh's container cargo
Chattogram Port has slipped one position to 68th in the global ranking of container handling, according to London-based maritime publication Lloyd's List, which released its One Hundred Ports 2025 report on Saturday (30 August).
Globally, the 100 ports in the Lloyd's List ranking handled 743.6 million TEUs in 2024, marking an average growth of about 8% compared to the previous year.
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Shanghai port topped the list once again with 51.5 million TEUs, followed by Singapore with 41.1 million TEUs.
At the bottom of the list was Chile's San Antonio port, which handled 1.8 million TEUs.
Chattogram Port handled 3.275 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2024, up 7.37% from 3.05 million TEUs in 2023. The containers were moved through its four dedicated terminals, along with Kamalapur inland depot and Pangaon river terminal.
Despite the rise in throughput, the port fell behind in the ranking as other ports recorded faster growth. Last year, Chattogram was placed 67th. Its best position in the past decade came in 2019, when it ranked 58th globally.
The annual ranking is based solely on container handling volumes, not service quality. Yet, experts view it as an indicator of economic activity since containers mostly carry industrial raw materials and high-value goods for trade.
Chattogram remains the only Bangladeshi port to make it to the top 100 list. It handles 99% of the country's containerised cargo, with Mongla Port accounting for the remaining 1%.
When asked about the development, Chattogram Port Secretary Omar Faruk said Lloyd's List usually notifies the authority formally about the ranking.
"We have not received the information yet. Once we do, we will respond," he said.
