![]() ![]() Later, the container terminal will be expanded, up to 70 hectares, with a 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) berth, and have a 2.8 million TEU capacity. The container terminal will be built on 18 hectares, and have an annual capacity of 600,000 to 1.1 million TEU. Two contracts were signed by Roads and Highways Department (RHD) with Oriental Consultants Global Company Ltd and by Chittagong Port Authority with Nippon Koei. In September 2020, Japan International Cooperation Agency won the contract for the consultancy services of Matarbari Port development project. ![]() Ships with the capacity of 8,000 TEU containers will be able to dock. The navigation channel will be 350 metres (1,150 ft) length with a maximum permissible draught of 16 metres (52 ft). During the first stage, one 300 metres (980 ft) long multipurpose terminal and one 460 metres (1,510 ft) meter long container terminal is planned to be constructed by 2026. The port is planned to reduce pressure on the Port of Chittagong. Īs per the original plan, the channel was supposed to be 3 km-long, 250 metres wide and 15 metres deep.īased on the Japanese ports of Kashima and Niigata, the port will be the first deep sea port and the fourth sea port in Bangladesh. On 29 December 2020, MV Venus Triumph, a 120 metres long general cargo ship, became the first foreign ship to dock at the port. Matarbari sea port was originally built for Matarbari coal-fired power plant then the government decided to turn it into a deep sea port. Matarbari Port is a deep sea port under-construction at Matarbari in Maheshkhali Upazila of Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. First deep-sea port in Bangladesh Matarbari Port ![]()
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