Floods bring logistics to a grinding halt in Bangladesh

Cargo traffic has been severely disrupted as a result of Chittagong city’s isolation from the rest of the nation due to flooded roadways and drowned railway tracks. Consequently, cargo for import and export is building up at a number of storage facilities, including the Chattogram Port yard. The situation has been made worse by the lack of available trucks, and if logistical operations don’t pick back up quickly, congestion is predicted to get worse.

According to Omar Faruque, Secretary of the Chittagong Port Authority, there is currently no impact on the handling of containers from ships. Though severe weather has already affected cargo operations at the outer anchorage, he voiced concern that a protracted disruption would result in container congestion.

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Private Inland Container Depots (ICDs), responsible for handling 90% of the country’s exports, are also under pressure. The Bangladesh railway authorities have confirmed that train services will remain suspended until the floodwaters recede from the affected tracks, further complicating the logistics challenges.