Construction begins on Mongla Port expansion in Bangladesh

Construction of an expansion of Mongla Port in southwestern Bangladesh formally began with a groundbreaking ceremony held at the port on Thursday, November 5.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman laid the foundation stone for the project, which will add two container berths for vessels of 20,000 DWT, along with container yards and 49 sets of port handling equipment.

The contractor gave a design throughput of approximately 350,000 TEUs per year and a contractual construction period of 42 months.

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation, is responsible for engineering, procurement and construction. The Mongla Port Authority is implementing the project under the Ministry of Shipping.

The new facilities will be designated berths 10 and 11 and will have a combined quay length of 368 metres. According to CCECC, the scope includes about 227,000 square metres of container yard, as well as a freight station for containers and a centre for integrated command and control.