Business Report: Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Advisor Salman F Rahman has revealed that Pangaon Internal Container Terminal (ICT) will need to be profitable.
After concluding an inspection visit to Pangaon Container Terminal in Keraniganj, Dhaka district, and holding discussions with stakeholders on Saturday (March 16), Salman F Rahman informed journalists of this decision.
Salman F Rahman stated, “Pangaon Internal Container Terminal needs to be profitable. A significant amount of investment has been made here. This is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s project. We must ensure its success, and together we can achieve that.”
He further added, “Within the next month, the handling issues of the port will be resolved. When more cargo arrives at this port, workers will get more work opportunities, and then their problems will be solved.
The government is working to reduce pressure on the roads and to transform Pangaon port into a more profitable establishment, including cargo transportation on river routes.”
The Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Advisor emphasized that all types of initiatives will be taken to assist the port commissioner in solving the existing problems. He stated, “We have identified the problems of the port today. I hope we will solve them very soon.”
Present at the time were Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Chief Whip of the National Parliament Nur-E-Alam Chowdhury, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping Mo. Mustafa Kamal, and Rear Admiral M. Sohail, Chairman of Chittagong Port.