The Port of Payra is a
seaport
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
located at
Kalapara in
Patuakhali,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It was established by an
Act of Parliament
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in 2013. The port was officially inaugurated in 2016. It is located on the Ramnabad Channel near the
Bay of Bengal
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. The port is undergoing expansion and the project is expected to be completed in 2021.
Background
Payra port was originally planned as
China
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's bid for another
deep seaport in its
String of Pearls strategy. The construction of the port, which was being financed on a public-private partnership (PPP) platform, was therefore granted to a Chinese company.
India,
Japan
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, and the
United States opposed the plan.
In 2016, Indian companies stepped in to invest in the port.
An MoU was signed with
Jan De Nul Group
Jan De Nul Group is a Belgian family-owned company, with the financial headquarters in Luxembourg, that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis. Its main focus is dredging ...
in 2016 to dredge the Ramnabad canal.
As of 2017, Payra was primarily a governmental route for import and export.
The
Payra Port Authority
Payra Port Authority is an autonomous port authority in charge of the third port in Port of Payra, Bangladesh, and is located in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. The chairman of the Payra port authority is Rear Admiral M Sohail.
History
The Port autho ...
is an autonomous agency which is responsible for the management of the seaport of Payra.
As of 2021, plans to for a deep seaport at Payra have been shelved and the port was to be developed as a regular seaport.
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* {{cite news , title=Proposal to hike Payra project cost by 250pc , url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/06/20/74382/Proposal-to-hike-Payra-project-cost-by-250pc , newspaper=The Financial Express , date=20 June 2017
Port of Payra Authority Act, 2013
Patuakhali District
Payra
The Port of Payra is a seaport located at Kalapara in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 2013. The port was officially inaugurated in 2016. It is located on the Ramnabad Channel near the Bay of Bengal. The port ...