News / Open tender set to launch to find new operator for Chittagong box terminal

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Bangladesh is to launch an open tender for the chance to operate its largest box facility, the New-mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port. 

The agreement between the port authority and current operator Saif Powertec will end in the first week of January and the port authority originally asked the shipping ministry to approve a tender under a “direct purchase method” (DPM).

However, with the deadline fast-approaching, the authority changed its proposal to seek an open tender, in the hope of ...