Payra Port: Challenges of Sedimentation and the Way Forward
Author: Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan KhanDOI: doi.org/10.70279/bmj-v8-1034
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The Payra port was established in 2013 on the bank of Rabnabad Channel with an aspiration not only to sustain the saturated country‟s seaborne trade and shipping but also to establish a Dhaka-Payra economic corridor for development, power generation, and sustainability. As an initial step, the port authority implemented capital and maintenance dredging of Rabnabad channel between August 2022 and April 2024 and vessels of drafts over 10 meters had started entering the port. However, the channel depth significantly reduces due to high sedimentation. The primary objective of this study is to analyze the annual sedimentation volume of Rabnabad channel for various depths and recommend a realistic approach for channel maintenance with a view to optimizing the dredging cost and assess the sustainability of the port. The study mainly adopted quantitative approach. The analysis indicated that, the main challenge of the
port is the excessive sedimentation along the channel. The paper concluded that Payra port has potentials to emerge as 3rd economic corridor of Bangladesh. However, it requires strong commitment and a judicial funding of Government to give confidence to the investors and port operators that the desired depth of the access channel would be maintained for a long term.
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| Article Volume | Volume 09 |
| Article Issue | Issue 01 |
| Article DOI | doi.org/10.70279/bmj-v8-1034 |
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| Article Slug | payra-port-challenges-of-sedimentation-and-the-way-forward |
| Article Keyword | Rabnabad Channel, Sedimentation, Fluid Mud, Dredging, Payra Port. |
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