A Briefing Note on the Port Sector in Bangladesh

A Briefing Note on the Port Sector in Bangladesh

Traffic at Chittagong Port, which handles 90 percent of Bangladesh's foreign trade, has been growing rapidly. The volume of containers handled has increased by over 10 percent a year over the last decade and a similar or faster growth rate is...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCELERATION BERTH BOXES BREAK BULK CARGO CARGO BERTHS CARGO HANDLING CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT CONGESTION CONSTRUCTION CONTAINER BERTHS CONTAINER HANDLING CONTAINER TERMINAL CONTAINER TERMINALS CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINER TRANSPORT CONTAINER VESSELS CONTAINER YARD CONTAINERS CORRIDOR CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE EXPORT FORWARDING FREIGHT FREIGHT RATES HANDLING HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INLAND TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS MAJOR PORTS MODAL SHARE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT PORT ACCESS PORT AREA PORT AUTHORITIES PORT AUTHORITY PORT FACILITIES PORT OPERATIONS PORT SECTOR PORT SERVICES PORTS PUBLIC SECTOR OPERATORS RAIL RAILWAY RIVER ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE RELIABILITY SHIP SHIPPING SHIPS STORAGE CHARGES TERMINAL TERMINAL MANAGEMENT TERMINAL OPERATIONS TOTAL LENGTH TRADE FACILITATION TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT OPERATION TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKS TURN-ROUND VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/16259431/briefing-note-port-sector-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12395

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/16259431/briefing-note-port-sector-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12395