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New Mooring Terminal begins operations under new management
Chittagong Drydock Limited, a navy company, has taken over the new responsibility of operating the New Mooring Container Terminal at Chittagong Port. After the expiration of the contract between Saif Powertech and the port authority to operate the terminal, the ship repair company took over this responsibility at 12:01 am on Sunday, i.e. in the first hour of Monday. Chittagong Drydock has joined the terminal management at the port for the first time.
New Mooring Terminal begins operations under new management
According to port sources, Navy officials who have gained experience by serving in Chittagong, Mongla and Payra ports have been involved in the management of the New Mooring Terminal. However, Saif Powertech employees are operating the equipment including gantry cranes for lifting and lowering containers from ships, and they are now working as Drydock employees. Similarly, the workers listed in the port who used to work under Saif Powertech are also now working under Drydock. However, Navy officials have taken over the responsibility for the terminal’s information technology sector.
When asked, Chittagong Port Secretary Md. Omar Faruk told Prothom Alo that the operations of the New Mooring Terminal are now running as they were before. The employees of Saif Powertech are now working as Drydock employees. He said that the terminal is running well under the new management.

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New Mooring Terminal starts operating under new management
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Chittagong
Published: 07 July 2025, 20:54
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Chittagong Port’s New Mooring Container TerminalPhoto: Saurav Das
Chittagong Drydock Limited, a naval company, has taken over the new responsibility of operating the New Mooring Container Terminal at the Chittagong Port. The ship repair company took over this responsibility at 12:01 am on Sunday, i.e. in the first hours of Monday, after the contract of Saif Powertech with the port authority to operate the terminal expired. For the first time, Chittagong Drydock has joined the terminal management at the port.
According to port sources, Navy officials who have gained experience by serving in Chittagong, Mongla and Payra ports have been involved in the management of the New Mooring Terminal. However, Saif Powertech employees are operating the equipment including gantry cranes for lifting and lowering containers from ships, and they are now working as drydock employees. Similarly, the port’s registered workers who used to work under Saif Powertech are also now working under drydock. However, Navy officials have taken over the responsibility for the terminal’s IT sector.
When asked, Chittagong Port Secretary Md. Omar Faruk told Prothom Alo that the management of the New Mooring Terminal is going on as it was before. Those who were employees of Saif Powertech are now working as drydock employees. He said that the terminal is running well under the new management.
# Chittagong Port # The Navy’s Chittagong Drydock Terminal started operating from 12:01 am last Sunday.
There are four terminals at the Chittagong Port for loading and unloading containers from ships. Apart from the Newmooring Terminal, the other three are General Cargo Bath or GCB, Chittagong Container Terminal or CCT and RSGT Chittagong. The largest of these is the Newmooring Terminal. The terminal has 14 state-of-the-art gantry cranes for loading and unloading containers from ships. Five ships can be moored at the terminal at the same time. Four of them are ocean-going and one is a small ship operating on inland waterways.
After taking over the management of the Chittagong Drydock Terminal, members of the Navy working at the institution were seen supervising the loading and unloading of containers at the Newmooring Terminal yesterday. The terminal operates 24 hours a day. For this, a senior officer of the Chittagong Drydock is responsible for coordinating the management work in each shift (eight hours). However, it is not known exactly how many people from the Drydock are involved in the management of the terminal.
