Foreign operators will manage three major container terminals in Bangladesh -- Chattogram’s New Mooring Container Terminal, Laldia Terminal, and Keraniganj’s Pangaon Inland Container Terminal -- by December, the Shipping Ministry Secretary Mohammad Yousuf has said. He added that the Laldia Terminal will be leased for 30 years, while the other two terminals will operate under 25-year contracts. Negotiations are ongoing at the highest level, and we hope to finalise a contract by December,” Yousuf said. We have made significant progress and expect completion by December.”Highlighting regional precedent, Yusuf said that foreign operators run ports in India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Strategically and geographically, handing over Chittagong to foreign operators is manageable,” he said.
