Three vessels – Pangaon Express, Pangaon Success and Pangaon Vision – have already been procured from China at the cost of Tk500m to operate the terminal. Each vessel can carry 128 containers (20ft equivalent units or TEUs).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal on the bank of Buriganga River at Pangaon at South Keraniganj on 7th November,2013. The terminal is going to help reduce the cost of carrying goods from Chittagong and Mongla and ease the traffic pressure on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Khulna highways. Inaugurating the Pangaon ICT,…