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Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain has reaffirmed the government's commitment to modernising and improving efficiency in port management through innovative and practical approaches.
"If the master plan of Payra Port is implemented, it will become one of the economic drivers of the region," he told a seminar on the master plan of Payra Port held in Kuakata, in the district, on Sunday, according to an official release run by the BSS news agency Monday.
Payra Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral Masud Iqbal delivered the welcome speech at the seminar.
He said that work is underway to launch the first terminal of the port by July 2026. For this, he sought the cooperation of the government as well as the preparation and support of all the parties concerned.
Senior officials of various departments, military and maritime organisations, business leaders, port user stakeholders, and representatives of the master plan formulation institution, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and the Royal Dutch University of Technology, Netherlands, joined the seminar.
BUET Professor Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed and Tommy Loder of Royal Haskoning DHV presented various aspects of the master plan.
Commodore Mohammad Abdul Kader, Member (Engineering and Development) of the Payra Port Authority, presented the future vision and development strategy of the port.