News / APMM joins race to operate Chittagong’s Patenga container terminal

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“Integrated logistics company” AP Møller-Maersk has joined the race to operate the Patenga Container Terminal in Chittagong.

The company is now pursuing the government of Bangladesh through its Danish counterpart to secure the deal.

Other contenders include local private sector port operators and foreign contenders Saudi Arabia-based Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) and Dubai-based DP World.

“We submitted our proposal for the development and operation of the container terminal in Patenga, aligned with the government-to-government agreement between Denmark and Bangladesh,” a spokesperson for APMM ...