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The Port of Ashuganj is a notable
river port
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in eastern Bangladesh. It is one of the important industrial ports of the
Bengal delta. It is located on the
Meghna River
The Meghna River ( bn, মেঘনা নদী) is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, ...
. The port is a regional
transshipment
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One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e.g ...
center in
Eastern South Asia.
Location
The port is located 28 km from
Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, Brāhmaṇabāṛiẏā) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla i ...
town and 43 km from the
Akhaura land border between Bangladesh and India.
Facilities
The port is located in an industrial area in the vicinity of the
Ashuganj Power Station, a 1777
megawatt
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thermal power plant which is one of the largest in Bangladesh. The port is also the terminal for a large
fertilizer
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and
chemical
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plant; as well as smaller power plants. The port hosts several
warehouse
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s and
shipyards. Its industrial units receive gas supplies from the nearby
Titas Gas
The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company ( bn, তিতাস গ্যাস ''Titas Gas'') is the natural gas distributor in Bangladesh, with an 80% market share. As of 2020, they employed 2,100 staff and served 2.8 million domesti ...
field.
Container terminal
A
container terminal is under-construction in Ashuganj, but as of July 2017, the project has been delayed due to land disputes.
Transshipment
Ashuganj port acts as a
port of call for cargo shipments to the nearby Indian state of
Tripura
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. Cargo unloaded in Ashuganj port is transported by road to the Akhaura-
Agartala land border; and vice versa. The transshipment route allows access for several Indian states, including
Mizoram
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,
Manipur
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,
Nagaland
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and Lower
Assam
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.
See also
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Port of Chittagong
The Chittagong Port ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the main seaport of Bangladesh. Located in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port handles over 90 percent of Bangladesh's ...
References
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Ashuganj Ashuganj or Ashugonj ( bn, আশুগঞ্জ) is a town in the Brahmanbaria District of Chittagong Division of Bangladesh in the Meghna River delta. Its altitude is 10 meters (36 feet).
The city is known for the Port of Ashuganj and for its pow ...
Ashuganj Ashuganj or Ashugonj ( bn, আশুগঞ্জ) is a town in the Brahmanbaria District of Chittagong Division of Bangladesh in the Meghna River delta. Its altitude is 10 meters (36 feet).
The city is known for the Port of Ashuganj and for its pow ...
Organisations based in Ashuganj