Ship chandlers & ship supply at Chattogram BDCGP

The port is run by the Chittagong Port Authority from Bandar Bhaban, Chattogram, at 22°16.30′N 091°49.30′E (charts BA 84 and BA 102; local time UTC+06:00). Inside the Karnaphuli Channel CPA owns 12 general cargo berths and the container terminals CCT (3 berths), NCT (5) and PCT (3), alongside dolphin oil jetties, lighter jetties, specialised jetties (grain silo, cement clinker, fertiliser), two FSRUs, an offshore SPM, and an oil and a coal jetty at Matarbari.^[1]

—Jetty limits: maximum draft up to 10.0 m and maximum length up to 200 m, with entry draft depending on the day’s maximum permissible draft and real-time hydrological conditions. Night movements are limited to 175 m LOA and 9.00 m draft; bridge-forward ships, tankers and ships whose deck containers block the forward view are not handled at night. The Matarbari coal jetty takes 230 m / 12.50 m.^[1]

—The 200 m / 10 m limits replaced 190 m / 9.5 m by CPA circular in March 2023 (trade press).^[2]

—Patenga Container Terminal started in June 2024, run by Red Sea Gateway Terminal under a 22-year deal: three 200 m jetties plus a 220 m dolphin jetty, taking three ships of 10–11 m draft at once (trade press). The World Bank approved USD 650m in June 2024 for a breakwater and channel dredging at the planned Bay Terminal west of the current port, meant to take larger ships (trade press).^[3,4]

—Volume (trade press): 3,409,069 TEU, 138.15 million tonnes and 4,273 ships in calendar 2025; 3,518,841 TEU and 4,324 vessel calls in FY2025-26, with average turnaround reported at 2.38 days.^[5,6]

Pilotage is compulsory within the limits of Chittagong Port: under the Ports Act 1908, s.31(1), no vessel of 200 tons or more may enter, leave or move without a pilot or the harbour master on board. All vessels in port limits are under VTMIS surveillance, and VHF watch is kept 24 hours on channels 12 and 16 from the port control stations.^[1]

—Pilot boarding for the Karnaphuli Channel: 22°11.60′N 091°46.44′E; waiting ships keep heading 160°–180°(T), 1.5–3.0 nm south-west of No.1 Green buoy. Matarbari has its own inner and outer boarding points.^[1]

—Anchorages: A for ships drawing more than 10 m; B for ships under 10 m due to enter within 24 hours; C for lightering vessels and others. Deep-draught ships lightering at A shift to B or C once down to about 9.50 m. A ship counts as arrived on crossing 22°06.0′N and reports to port control then and after anchoring; berths go first come, first served. Anchor with at least 9 shackles in the water — currents run at 6–7 knots.^[1]

—Tidal entry: inbound ships must be at the pilot boarding ground at least 3 hours before the daylight high water; outbound ships at maximum draught sail about 2 hours before high water. Masters declare the fresh-water draft in writing.^[1]

—Notice: the local agent gives CPA at least 5 days’ notice of ETA on the prescribed proforma; berths are allotted at the Berth Allotment Committee Meeting.^[1]

—An agent: the ETA notice and berth booking go through the local agent, and agents of slow (GRADE-II, under 7 knots) vessels consult the Harbour Master in advance.^[1]

—Fresh water: CPA runs four water-supply vessels (Jharna, Foura and Moshak of 500 MT each, Jalpori of 1,000 MT); at berth, Radio Control may ask a ship to let a fresh-water barge or lighter tanker alongside. The tariff revised in September 2025 — the first revision since 1986 — prices water separately by mainline, port lorry, water boat in the Karnaphuli and beyond 7 nm (trade press).^[1,7]

—Bunkers: Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation holds the monopoly on low-sulphur marine fuel imports and supplies through Padma, Meghna and Jamuna Oil, with authorised dealers delivering by barge at Chattogram; a draft Bunkering Policy 2026 would license private and foreign suppliers (trade press, August 2026). Nominate through your agent and allow notice.^[8]

—Provisions, stores and spares are arranged commercially through your agent and local suppliers — the anchorage wait is often the supply window. Post a requirement and suppliers serving Chattogram answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you serve ships in the Karnaphuli or at the anchorages, activate Chattogram.