Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical miles from the shore of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean.CPA, Navigation The CPA is part of the Ministry of Shipping.CPA, Administrative Ministry
Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman the current chairman of CPA.
History The port of Chittagong has been in operation since at least the 4th century BC, and in modern times was governed by Port Commissioners and the Port Railway following the Port Commissioner's Act of 1887 in British India. After the partition of India in 1947 and a subsequent rise in port traffic, the modern Chittagong Port Authority began its existence in 1960 as the Chittagong Port Trust. Due to continued expansion and lack of effective governance, after the Bangladesh Liberation War the Port Trust was granted semi-autonomous status within the government, and renamed to Chittagong Port Authority, in 1976.CPA, History
List of Chairmen +NameTerm startTerm endRefEngineer M. A. Barry1 October 195030 September 1961Major General S. M. Afzal1 October 196117 June 1965Commodore Md Asie Al Avi18 June 196531 December 1970Commodore I. H. Malik1 January 197115 December 1971Gholam Kibria16 December 197130 December 1977Engineer Mahmudul Islam1 January 197812 February 1978Syed Mansur-ul Haque13 February 197830 June 1981Engineer Mahmudul Islam30 June 198125 February 1982Engineer Mahmudul Islam26 February 198218 February 1984Nurul Momen Khan19 February 19845 December 1985AZM Nasir Uddin6 December 198518 April 1987Captain Sufi Ashraful Islam19 April 198731 May 1987Captain S. Y. Kamal1 June 198711 July 1988Engineer Md. Shahdat Hossain12 July 198818 May 1990M. A. Kamal19 May 199015 July 1990Captain M. Zakaria16 July 199020 July 1991M. A. Kamal 21 July 199131 July 1992AKM Amanul Islam Chowdhury1 August 199224 February 1994Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood25 February 19948 March 1994Engineer Md. Omar Hadi9 March 199430 October 1994Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood1 November 19941 December 1994Engineer Md. Omar Hadi2 December 199423 March 1995Captain Zahir Uddin Mahmood24 March 199525 June 1997Zulfiquer Haider Chowdhury26 June 199721 September 1997Md. Rezwanul Haque22 September 199712 May 1999Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, psc, BN12 May 199925 July 2002Commodore Zulfiqar Ali25 July 200224 July 2003AMM Shahadat Hossain25 July 200315 November 2006Md. Mosleh Uddin10 May 200724 May 2007Captain Yahaya Syed16 November 200610 May 2007Commodore M. Farooque24 May 20079 July 2008Commodore Riaz Uddin Ahmed9 July 200812 February 2011Commodore M. Anwarul Islam13 February 201126 February 2012Commodore Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed26 February 201211 March 2012Rear Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed12 March 201224 January 2016Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz24 January 201631 March 2016Rear Admiral Mohammad Khaled Iqbal31 March 201629 January 2018Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz29 January 20186 November 2018Rear Admiral Zulfiqur Aziz7 November 201812 April 2020Rear Admiral S.M Abul Kalam Azad12 April 202031 January 2021Rear Admiral M Shahjahan31 January 20212 May 2023Rear Admiral M Sohail2 May 202310 August 2024Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman11 August 2024
Leadership and management
The port authority is governed by a management board consisting of the Chairman and four Members responsible for different operational areas. As of January 2026, the board comprises:
Position Name Rank/Designation Chairman S. M. Moniruzzaman Rear Admiral, OSP, ndc, ncc, psc Member (Harbour & Marine) Ahamed Amin Abdullah Commodore, BSP, psc, BN Member (Admin & Planning) Md Mahbub Alam Talukder Additional Secretary Member (Finance) Md Mahbub Alam Talukder Additional Secretary Member (Engineering) Md. Mazharul Islam Jewel Commodore (E), psc, BN Gallery
See also Government of Bangladesh Transport in Bangladesh Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy
References
External links Cpa.gov.bd: official Chittagong Port Authority website