News / Construction work at Dhaka Airport causing air cargo chaos as rates soar

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Air freight shippers in “dysfunctional” Bangladesh are facing severe congestion and rate hikes.

It follows a perfect storm of modal shift from sea freight, rising volumes and, construction work at Dhaka Airport.

Local forwarders claimed between “dozens” and “hundreds” of trucks were queueing outside the airport cargo village waiting to unload – what one called a “nightmare”.

“This queue is becoming longer and longer, due to construction activities outside the cargo village. Truck turnaround time from warehouse to airport is around 16 hours, ...