Bangladesh’s export to Europe is going to have a much less lead time and cost from February as a direct freight service is starting from Chattogram port to Europe – the country’s biggest apparel export destination. The first ship on the route, carrying export goods, will leave Chattogram for the Port of Ravenna in Italy .
Direct container ship movement from Bangladesh to Europe through Chattogram port has opened a new horizon in the export-import trade of the country, said Rear Admiral M Shahjahan, chairman of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA). In an interview with The Business Standard, he said that recently a container ship has arrived at Chattogram port from the .