Chattogram port world’s 64th busiest among 100

Chattogram port has climbed up three steps in a year to become the world’s 64th busiest port in terms of annual throughput of containers in 2021 among the world’s top 100 container ports.

Lloyd’s List’s One Hundred Ports published its latest list of the busiest port on August 18 tallying up the annual container throughput figures of the world’s elite port facilities in 2021.

In 2021, the Ctg port handled a total of 32,14,548 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) of containers, up from 28,39,977 TEUs in the previous year, posting 13.2% year-on-year growth in container handling.

In terms of annual container transport in 2021, the port has ascended three positions to the 64th busiest port among the top 100 container ports across the world, according to the latest data from Lloyd, the world’s oldest shipping journal based in Landon.

However, the port saw a huge growth in terms of annual container transport in 2019 while it climbed up top notches in its history securing the 58th position.

Later, due to the Covid pandemic, the port dropped nine notches from its position.

According to the data, the port handled around 28.94 lakh TEUs of containers in 2019 while it handled 29,03,996 TEUs of containers in 2018, up 8.90% from 26,67,223 TEUs in 2017. Since 2014, Chattogram port has been gradually advancing its position on Lloyd’s List as one of the world’s busiest ports.

That year, it ranked 87th, handling around 1.6 million TEUs. However, in 2020, the port has dropped nine notches on the list of the 100 busiest ports in the world in terms of container transport, slipping from the 58th to 67th position.

The data showed the port has gradually enhanced its position on the list as one of the busiest ports globally.