Laldia container terminal

APM Terminals begins pre-construction work on Laldia Container Terminal in Bangladesh

By Sharar Nayel, Asia Correspondent

APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Danish shipping and logistics giant Maersk, has begun pre-construction activities for a new container terminal at Laldia, near Bangladesh’s Chittagong seaport.

According to officials, the initial work began last week with marine subsoil boring and a topographic survey. A jack-up barge has been deployed inside the Karnaphuli Channel, near the proposed site, to carry out the survey and boring operations.

The Laldia Container Terminal...

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Bangladesh appoints IFC as transaction advisor to build Laldia container terminal

To build a new container terminal in Chittagong’s Laldiar Char, the Bangladesh government appointed the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as transaction advisor to study, design and negotiate with foreign companies.

The terminal will have a quay length of 450 meters and a water depth of 10.5 meters where vessels up to 9.5 meters will be able to take berth.

The terminal will be built under government to government (G to G) arrangement and APM Terminals, a Maersk Group subsidiary, proposed...

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