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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
Shipping on Ctg-Dubai route begins 

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TBS Report
09 May, 2023, 09:50 pm
Last modified: 09 May, 2023, 09:54 pm

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Shipping on Ctg-Dubai route begins 

In the debut journey, 121 containers of export goods are going to Jebel Ali port in Dubai

TBS Report
09 May, 2023, 09:50 pm
Last modified: 09 May, 2023, 09:54 pm
Shipping on Ctg-Dubai route begins 

A ship carrying Bangladeshi exports has left Chattogram port for its final destination of Dubai's Jebel Ali port, marking the debut journey on the route.

The container ship HONG AN, the first under a service launched by the France-based shipping company CMA-CGM, left for its first transhipment port in Sri Lanka's Colombo on 7 May. 

After reaching Colombo port on 11 May and unloading some cargo, the ship will then proceed to Jebel Ali port via Mundra port in India.

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On its journey, the ship took 895 TEUs of export cargo. Of this, 751 TEUs are for Colombo port, 23 TEUs for India's Mundra port and 121 TEUs for Jebel Ali port, according to Chittagong port terminal operator Saif Powertech. 

The vessel had brought 1,126 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers to Chattogram port. 

As a result of the new service, export of goods from Chattogram to Dubai will take only 15 days.

On the return journey, traders will be able to bring goods to Chattogram port in 10 days, significantly reducing transport time. 

Mostly vegetables and fish products are exported to the Middle East, while raw materials for the garment sector are imported from the region, traders said. 

It used to take 30-35 days to ship goods from Jebel Ali port to Chattogram port via transhipment ports in Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. And if the transhipment port was jammed, it took more time, they said. 

The new service will save them 10-15 days and will reduce suffering, they added.

Bangladesh-India Gulf Express

The CMA CGM Group named the shipping service "Bangladesh India Gulf Express (BIGEX)".

Characterised by fast transit times, exports from Chattogram will reach Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi in just 14 and 15 days respectively. 

In addition to a more efficient and greener alternative to trucking, BIGEX will get Bangladesh shipments to India's Nhava Sheva and Mundra ports in eight and 10 days respectively.

The new service is set to diversify Chattogram's connectivity to transhipment hubs beyond the key Asian ports to the Gulf and India's West Coast ports, said a CMA-CGM source. 

Direct routes from Chattogram to ports in Italy, England, Rotterdam, Denmark and Portugal have been launched recently, greatly benefiting exporters and importers.  

Chattogram Port Authority Secretary Md Omar Faruq said that talks are going on about starting direct transportation of goods to some other countries.

He said if a shipping company wants to transport goods directly, the port authority will provide the necessary assistance. 

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