Shipping

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Economy

Industries worried over 57% hike in freight forwarding charges

The Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) hiked forwarding charges by Tk2,000 to Tk5,500 for each import bill – effective from 1 September – citing the recent increase in fuel prices

Someshwari River. File Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

BIWTA reclaims 390 acres of river land in 3 years

Cargo ships pass a sandbank near Bendorf on the Rhine. Photographer: Thomas Frey/picture alliance/Getty Images
Bloomberg Special

Historic drought threatens to cripple european trade

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Infrastructure

Karnaphuli dredging to cut shipping cost at Ctg port by 40% from Aug

Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association holds 45th AGM
Corporates

Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association holds 45th AGM

The Maersk Line container ship Maersk Batam sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Global port congestion, high shipping rates to last into 2023

Photo caption: The effective protection of local industries from tariffs is increasing despite decreasing tariffs on imports of inputs. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Economy

Crisis in Colombo port drives shipping lines to alternative routes

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Bangladesh

Now direct shipping to Spain, Netherlands from 20 May

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Trade

Saif Powertec, Safeen Feeders to run shipping service from abroad

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Bangladesh

Direct shipment from China begins 27 April, sailing time to be half

Shahriar Jahan Rahat. Sketch: TBS
Corporates

KSRM – from a shipbreaker to owning largest fleet of oceangoing vessels

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s HR Lines first to call at JCT after Colombo contains Covid-19

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Industry

Barishal shipbuilding could flourish with a shipbreaking yard