News / Forwarder anger as scanner malfunctions hit Bangladesh air exports again

Boxes pile up at during previous congestion at Dhaka airport Credit: Syed Md Bakhtiar

10/04/2024

Air cargo flows through Bangladesh’s Dhaka Airport are again facing severe challenges, due to the malfunction of explosive-detection scanners (EDSs).

Only one of the airport’s EDS machines is working, as air cargo demand and rates out of the country have significantly increased this year.

“It is utterly ...

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