Chittagong Port Authority

Chattogram Port Authority
চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ
Chattogram Port Authority building
Agency overview
Formed1 October 1950; 74 years ago (1 October 1950)
HeadquartersBandar Bhaban, Po Box: 2013, Chattogram - 4100
Agency executive
Parent departmentMinistry of Shipping
Parent agencyBangladesh Government of Bangladesh
Websitewww.cpa.gov.bd
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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]
  • Entrance of Bandar Bhaban
    Entrance of Bandar Bhaban
  • Chittagong Port Authority Circle
    Chittagong Port Authority Circle

See also

References

  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
  4. ^ a b "Chittagong Port Authority - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ CPA, History Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  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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