The Chittagong Port (County Moves With Us…) is the principal seaport of Bangladesh handling about 92% of import-export trade of the country. As such its importance in the national economy is paramount. The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a basic services provider. Its objective focuses mainly on providing necessary services and facilities to the port users efficiently and effective at competitive price.

Chittagong and Mongla are the two major sea ports in Bangladesh. Chittagong is the premier sea port as it handles more than 80 percent of the export-import cargo of the country. On the other hand, Mongla is now a dying port as it often suffers from dearth of ships. Sometimes Mongla remains completely vacant for weeks together due to non-arrival of ships. Besides, heavy siltation on the long channel made the port difficult for ships to enter. As a result, most of the big vessels show reluctance in coming up to the port terminal. Ships have to lighten half-way up the channel before anchoring at the terminal.