Matarbari Port
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Matarbari Port (also Matarbari Deep Sea Port) is a deep-water port under construction on Matarbari, Maheshkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh.[1]A coal terminal, Matarbari Port Coal Terminal, built by Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) has operated at the site since 2023,[2] [3]supplying imported coal to the 1,200 MW Matarbari power station,[4] while the Chattogram Port Authority's commercial deep-sea port is scheduled for completion by December 2029.[5]
Location
The port is under development on the Maheshkhai island (Moheshkhali upazila) in Cox's Bazar District, Chittagong.
Background
The port grew out of the infrastructure built for the Matarbari coal-fired power station. CPGCBL dredged an artificial channel 14.5 km long, 250 m wide and 18 m deep and built two jetties for the plant: one for fuel and construction materials, and one for coal.[6] The first commercial ship, the MV Venus Triumph, arrived at the first jetty on 29 December 2020, and the MV Horizon-9 became the first vessel to berth at the partially completed coal jetty on 15 July 2021, carrying 185 tonnes of machinery.[6][7] Coal imports began in 2023; by June 2023 five coal cargoes had arrived, including 64,300 tonnes from Tarahan, Indonesia, with more than 300,000 tonnes delivered in two months.[8] The power plant requires about 3.5 million tonnes of coal per year.[9] In 2025 the plant rejected a shipment containing excessive soil and stones, and one 600 MW unit was taken offline after damage attributed to substandard coal. On 28 May 2025 CPGCBL's board decided to pursue a government-to-government supply agreement with Indonesian state-owned mines such as Bukit Asam.[9] As of April 2026, coal was supplied by Meghna Group and Aditya Birla Group under a one-year agreement for 3.5 million tonnes that was due to expire in June 2026.[10]
The Chattogram Port Authority is developing the site into a commercial deep-sea port, largely financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).[11] In April 2025 the port authority signed the Phase-1, Package-1 contract with a joint venture of Penta-Ocean Construction and TOA Corporation, worth about Tk 6,200 crore, for a 460 m container jetty and a 300 m multipurpose jetty.[12][11] On 7 October 2024, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved a second revision raising the project cost to Tk 24,381 crore (from Tk 17,777 crore) and extending the deadline to December 2029.[13]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Matarbari Port - Wikipedia". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "Second jetty opens for Matarbari power plant | The Daily Star". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "Even before launching deep sea port, 112 ships berth at Matarbari jetties in 2 years | The Business Standard". www.tbsnews.net. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "64,300 tonnes of coal for Matarbari power plant arrives | The Daily Star". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "মাতারবাড়ী গভীর সমুদ্রবন্দর প্রকল্পে ব্যয় বেড়ে ২৪ হাজার ৩৮১ কোটি টাকা". www.ajkerpatrika.com. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Second jetty opens for Matarbari power plant," The Daily Star, July 16, 2021.
- ↑ "Even before launching deep sea port, 112 ships berth at Matarbari jetties in 2 years," The Business Standard, February 4, 2023.
- ↑ "64,300 tonnes of coal for Matarbari power plant arrives," The Daily Star, June 23, 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Matarbari power plant eyes G2G coal deal with Indonesia after quality setbacks," The Business Standard, July 12, 2025.
- ↑ "2 coal shipments arrive at Matarbari power plant within a week," The Business Standard, April 28, 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Bangladesh advances Matarbari deep-sea port," DredgeWire, September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Matarbari all set to sign deal for two jetties," The Daily Star, April 2025.
- ↑ "মাতারবাড়ী গভীর সমুদ্রবন্দর প্রকল্পে ব্যয় বেড়ে ২৪ হাজার ৩৮১ কোটি টাকা," Ajker Patrika, October 2024 (Bengali).
