Chittagong Port Authority

Chattogram Port Authority
চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ
	Chattogram Port Authority building
Agency overview
Formed	1 October 1950; 74 years ago
Headquarters	Bandar Bhaban, Po Box: 2013, Chattogram - 4100
Agency executive	Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman, Chairman;
Parent department	Ministry of Shipping
Parent agency	Government of Bangladesh
Website	www.cpa.gov.bd

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA)^[1] is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical miles from the shore of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean.^[2] The CPA is part of the Ministry of Shipping.^[3]^[4]

Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority

Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman the current chairman of CPA.

History

The port of Chittagong has been in operation since at least the 4th century BC, and in modern times was governed by Port Commissioners and the Port Railway following the Port Commissioner's Act of 1887 in British India. After the partition of India in 1947 and a subsequent rise in port traffic, the modern Chittagong Port Authority began its existence in 1960 as the Chittagong Port Trust. Due to continued expansion and lack of effective governance, after the Bangladesh Liberation War the Port Trust was granted semi-autonomous status within the government, and renamed to Chittagong Port Authority, in 1976.^[5]^[4]

List of Chairmen


Name	Term start	Term end	Ref
Engineer M. A. Barry	1 October 1950	30 September 1961	^[6]
S. M. Afzal	1 October 1961	17 June 1965	^[6]
Commodore Md Asie Al Avi	18 June 1965	31 December 1970	^[6]
Commodore I. H. Malik	1 January 1971	15 December 1971	^[6]
Gholam Kibria	16 December 1971	30 December 1977	^[6]
Engineer Mahmudul Islam	1 January 1978	12 February 1978	^[6]
Syed Mansur-ul Haque	13 February 1978	30 June 1981	^[6]
Engineer Mahmudul Islam	30 June 1981	25 February 1982	^[6]
Engineer Mahmudul Islam	26 February 1982	18 February 1984	^[6]
Nurul Momen Khan	19 February 1984	5 December 1985	^[6]
AZM Nasir Uddin	6 December 1985	18 April 1987	^[6]
Captain Sufi Ashraful Islam	19 April 1987	31 May 1987	^[6]
Captain S. Y. Kamal	1 June 1987	11 July 1988	^[6]
Engineer Md. Shahdat Hossain	12 July 1988	18 May 1990	^[6]
M. A. Kamal	19 May 1990	15 July 1990	^[6]
Captain M. Zakaria	16 July 1990	20 July 1991	^[6]
M. A. Kamal	21 July 1991	31 July 1992	^[6]
AKM Amanul Islam Chowdhury	1 August 1992	24 February 1994	^[6]
Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood	25 February 1994	8 March 1994	^[6]
Engineer Md. Omar Hadi	9 March 1994	30 October 1994	^[6]
Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood	1 November 1994	1 December 1994	^[6]
Engineer Md. Omar Hadi	2 December 1994	23 March 1995	^[6]
Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood	24 March 1995	25 June 1997	^[6]
Zulfiquer Haider Chowdhury	26 June 1997	21 September 1997	^[6]
Md. Rezwanul Haque	22 September 1997	12 May 1999	^[6]
Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, psc, BN	12 May 1999	25 July 2002	^[6]
Commodore Zulfiqur Ali	25 July 2002	24 July 2003	^[6]
AMM Shahadat Hossain	25 July 2003	15 November 2006	^[6]
Md. Mosleh Uddin	10 May 2007	24 May 2007	^[6]
Captain Yahaya Syed	16 November 2006	10 May 2007	^[6]
Commodore M. Farooque	24 May 2007	9 July 2008	^[6]
Commodore Riaz Uddin Ahmed	9 July 2008	12 February 2011	^[6]
Commodore M. Anwarul Islam	13 February 2011	26 February 2012	^[6]
Commodore Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed	26 February 2012	11 March 2012	^[6]
Rear Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed	12 March 2012	24 January 2016	^[6]
Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz	24 January 2016	31 March 2016	^[6]
Rear Admiral Mohammad Khaled Iqbal	31 March 2016	29 January 2018	^[6]
Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz	29 January 2018	6 November 2018	^[6]
Rear Admiral Zulfiqur Aziz	7 November 2018	12 April 2020	^[6]
Rear Admiral S.M Abul Kalam Azad	12 April 2020	31 January 2021	^[6]
Rear Admiral M Shahjahan	31 January 2021	2 May 2023	^[6]
Rear Admiral M Sohail	2 May 2023	10 August 2024	^[6]
Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman	11 August 2024		^[6]

Gallery

Entrance of Bandar Bhaban
Chittagong Port Authority Circle

References

^ "Ctg port witnesses largest-ever container congestion". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^ CPA, Navigation Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ CPA, Administrative Ministry Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Chittagong Port Authority - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^ CPA, History Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq "Present & Ex Chairman List". Chittagong Port Authority. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

External links

Cpa.gov.bd: official Chittagong Port Authority website

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[1] "Ctg port witnesses largest-ever container congestion". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[2] CPA, Navigation Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine

[3] CPA, Administrative Ministry Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine

[:0-4] "Chittagong Port Authority - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[5] CPA, History Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

[:1-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq "Present & Ex Chairman List". Chittagong Port Authority. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

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