Mohammad Shahjahan is a

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admiral of Bangladesh who is currently posted at National Defence College as Senior Directing Staff (SDS). Prior to that, he was the Chairman of

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. Earlier he served as the chairman of the

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. In previous he has also served as the Deputy Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard.

Career

Shahjahan joined the Bangladesh Navy on July 24, 1984, and received his commission on January 1 in 1987. He is the ex-officio chairman of the executive committee of Chattogram Bandar Mohila College. On 11 March 2019, Shajahan was appointed the deputy director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard. On 9 April 2020, Shahjahan was promoted to rear admiral from commodore after he was appointed chairman of Mongla Port Authority on 8 April. In January 2021, Shahjahan was appointed chairman of Chattogram Port Authority from chairman of Mongla Port Authority. He replaced admiral

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at the Chattogram Port Authority. Rear Admiral

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replaced him as the chairman of Mongla Port Authority. Shahjahan announced plans to build a Bay Container Terminal at Chittagong Port. He hosted Red Sea Gateway Terminal, a Saudi company, and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Javed Patwari, to attract Saudi investment in the Patenga Container Terminal. He expressed anger at BM Container Depot Limited for their handling of the

2022 Sitakunda fire On the night of , a fire and subsequent explosions at a container depot in Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh killed at least 47 people and injured around 450 others. The incident occurred at BM Container Depot in the Kadamras ...

at their terminal. He oversaw the first direct container to arrive from Europe. Lighter vessel workers went on strike at Chittagong Port demanding the resignation of Shahjahan on 11 November 2022.

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