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Payra Port Authority

Payra Port Authority
Formation 2013
Headquarters Patuakhali, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website Payra Port Authority

Payra Port Authority is an autonomous port authority in charge of the third port in Bangladesh, Port of Payra, and is located in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. The chairman of the Payra port authority is Commodore Md Saidur Rahman.

The Port authority and the port was established on 19 November 2013 through the Payra Sea Port Act 2013. The port started commercial operations from August 2016 under the port authority. In 2016 China Harbour Engineering Company and China State Construction Engineering had signed an agreement with the authority to improve the port. The deals were worth more than 500 million USD and were signed in the Ministry of Shipping in Dhaka. The same year the port authority signed an agreement with Bangladesh Navy to build the approach road to the port.

In December 2017 Jan De Nul started proceeding on a 550 Million Euro dredging contract.


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