Shipping Advisor M Shakhawat Hussain has said container terminal handovers to foreign operators are under discussion, but pledged no terminal will be transferred on terms that harm Bangladesh’s interests. Speaking to journalists on Monday after inaugurating the Laldia Char Container Yard in Patenga, the advisor said: “Negotiations are ongoing with APM Terminals regarding the construction and operation of the Laldia Container Terminal. Meetings are being held.”He said the government, however, did not agree to give what the ‘APM Terminals’ is asking for. The Laldia Container Terminal is among several terminals, including the New Mooring Container Terminal, whose names surfaced as possible candidates for being transferred to foreign operators. APM Terminals is a Netherlands-based company.
