News / Rail crisis sees boxes pile up at Dhaka – with Ramadan and Eid looming

Photo: Chittagong Port.

Box lines are increasingly concerned that an imbalance in Bangladesh’s rail capacity could cause chaos in the run-up to Ramadan and the April peak season, which coincides with this year’s Eid.

Over Eid, rail operators prioritise passenger services, and there are suggestions that railfreight movements could be halted for up to a week, resulting in as many as 3,000 teu of imports idling at Chittagong’s inland container depot by the end of April.

Fayyaz Khundker, chair ...