Chittagong port
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New Mooring Terminal, Port of Chittagong
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| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Location | Chittagong, Chittagong Division |
| Coordinates | 22°18′47″N 91°48′00″E / 22.313°N 91.800°ECoordinates: 22°18′47″N 91°48′00″E / 22.313°N 91.800°E |
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| Opened | 1887 |
| Operated by | Chittagong Port Authority |
| Owned by | Government of Bangladesh |
| Type of harbor | Artificial / Natural |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 54.78 million (2014-15) |
| Annual container volume | 2.34 million TEUs (2015-16) |
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The Port of Chittagong (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the busiest seaport on the coastline of the Bay of Bengal, and the second busiest in the overall region of countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal. According to Lloyd's, it ranked as the 76th busiest port in the world in 2016. Located in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port of Chittagong handles 90% of Bangladesh's export-import trade, and has been used by India, Nepal and Bhutan for transshipment.
Congestion is a major challenge in Chittagong port. The port had a congestion rate of 84.3 hours between January and July in 2017.
The Chittagong area has been a recorded seaport since the 4th century BCE. In the 2nd century, the harbor appeared on Ptolemy's map, drawn by the Greco-Roman cartographer Claudius Ptolemy. The map mentions the harbor as one of the finest in the Eastern world. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea documents trade between Chittagong and private merchants from Roman Egypt.
Arab traders frequented Chittagong since the 9th century. In 1154, Al-Idrisi noted that merchants from Baghdad and Basra regularly traveled to Chittagong. Arab traders played an important role in spreading Islam in the region. The port appears in the travelogues of Chinese explorers Xuanzang and Ma Huan. The Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta and the Venetian traveler Niccolo De Conti visited the port in the 14th century. The historical port had ship trade with Africa, Europe, China and Southeast Asia.
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