Dhaka Airport gets new scanners at last, but now volumes are falling

Two new explosive detection scanners (EDSs) came online on Tuesday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, raising cargo handling capacity by 600 tons a day and shortening wait times. But ...

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News / Soaring airfreight rates see Dhaka cargo being moved via China

Bangladeshi freight forwarders have started sending air cargo to the US west coast via China, ...

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News / Delays at Dhaka Airport as security scanners fail again, while rates rise

Some 250 tonnes of increasingly costly airfreight was stuck at Dhaka Airport yesterday, after all ...

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News / Freighter operators demand better service at Dhaka in return for capacity

Cargo airlines are demanding better services and lower costs in Bangladesh, if exporters want more ...

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

Air cargo flows through Bangladesh’s Dhaka Airport are again facing severe challenges, due to the ...

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News / Air rates soar as Bangladesh garment exporters switch from ocean

Airfreight rates in Bangladesh almost doubled over the past month, thanks to a significant rise ...

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News / Bangladesh’s garment market feels the heat from the shipping crisis

The Red Sea crisis has started to bite into Bangladesh’s apparel exports to Europe and ...

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News / Demand plummets in Bangladesh: 'no-one is sending goods by air now'

With demand for goods falling drastically in international markets, air cargo flows from Bangladesh have fallen almost ...

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News / New blow to Bangladeshi shippers as forwarding charges leap 57%

Freight forwarders in Bangladesh have raised forwarding charges by 57% for each import bill, blaming fuel oil ...

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News / Air cargo rates plummet alongside consumer demand for Bangladesh apparel

Demand for Bangladeshi apparel is falling significantly in the US and EU and air cargo ...

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News / Dhaka scanner crisis eases and airfreight back on the move from Bangladesh

Direct flights to the UK from Bangladesh have relaunched, following repairs to an explosive detection ...

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News / Letter from Bangladesh: direct air shipments to UK remain suspended

The direct shipment of air cargo to the UK from Bangladesh has been suspended for ...

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News / Repair cargo scanners at congested Dhaka Airport, urge garment exporters

Amid severe traffic chaos at Dhaka Airport, apparel makers, the main user of air cargo services in Bangladesh, ...

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News / Around 200 trucks queueing at Dhaka Airport – but Chittagong resumes flights

Some 200 vehicles are waiting outside Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, which is undergoing a perfect storm of ...

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