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Predictability:
Our East-West Network offers four weekly connections via Southeast Asia and three weekly sailings via Colombo for enhanced schedule reliability.
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Easy customs:
Fast and compliant customs clearance by experts who are fluent in local policies.
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Flexibility:
Comprehensive suite of value-added services tailored to your business needs.
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Convenience:
Dedicated single point-of-contact with industry expertise to build robust processes and continuity plans.
Is your Bangladesh import supply chain facing delays and disruptions often? The reasons could be many – from poor infrastructure, inefficient customs, and political unrest to fragmented logistics partners. For an industry such as apparel and lifestyle, these hurdles can lead to missed deadlines and empty shelves.
With strong local expertise and an interconnected global network, Maersk Ocean Transport helps you deliver your cargo seamlessly from your factory floors in Bangladesh to your distribution centres and retail shelves across Europe. Moreover, our value-added services provide reliability, efficiency, and flexibility to streamline your logistics so that you can focus on growing your business.
What’s hindering your supply chain in Bangladesh?
- High yard density at Chittagong’s General Cargo Berth (GCB) and recurring congestion at key hub ports like Colombo often disrupt schedules.
- High container yard utilization and depot congestion in Chittagong result in limited space and slower turnaround times during peak seasons.
- Political instability, factory shutdowns, and labour disruptions can complicate supply chain planning.
- Managing landside services, quality control, compliance, and Garments-on-Hanger (GOH) cargo across multiple vendors can increase operational risks.
Predictability assured by Maersk Ocean Transport
- Unmatched connectivity: Four weekly connections via Southeast Asia (Tanjung Pelepas), and three weekly sailings via Colombo to connect mainliner services into Europe, ensuring high schedule reliability.
- Fixed dedicated berthing at PCT: Fixed, dedicated berthing at Patenga Container Terminal (PCT), Chittagong for more predictability.
- Superior hub performance: Advanced terminal operations at Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) and the state-of-the-art terminal at Tanjung Pelepas for high operational efficiency.
- Contingency options: Mongla Port serves as an alternative export gateway during peak season, supported by pre-positioned empty containers for flexibility.
- Faster cargo readiness: Proactive pre-stack planning, dedicated block-stack arrangements at partner depots, and close coordination with Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) to minimise gate delays and improve reliability.
Origin consolidation and specialised L&S for added convenience
Tailored for Bangladesh’s retail and lifestyle exporter sector, our origin logistics solutions enable full control, compliance and flexibility at the source.
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Service
Vendor consolidation network
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Scale and benefit
Seven consolidation points covering 88,150 sqm. to maximise FCL savings and simplify multi-vendor supply chains. Capacity expansion is also planned to meet growing demand and support future scalability.
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Service
Retail value-added services (VAS)
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Scale and benefit
GOH storage/loading, QC inspection, labelling, tag checking and RFID/barcode scanning.
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Service
Customs brokerage (CHB)
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Scale and benefit
154K+ customs clearance files handled yearly ensuring fast and compliant export procedures.
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Service
Dedicated warehousing
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Scale and benefit
Maersk-exclusive bonded and compliant CFS (e.g. ISATL 41,000 sqm.) offering control and security for high-value cargo.
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Speedier deliveries with our multimodal solutions
In addition to our standard ocean model, we also have two additional solutions to streamline your supply chain, making it faster and more reliable.
24/7 Dhaka Airport warehouse for urgent cargo consolidation and robust security, ensuring minimised delays and faster export for apparel shipments. Its strategic location within the airport enables quick turnaround for time-sensitive cargo.
Faster alternative to pure ocean (15-17 days from Colombo to Istanbul, for example) for retail peak seasons – ocean transit from Bangladesh to Dubai, followed by air transit from Dubai to key destinations across Europe.
Bangladesh to Europe: ocean transit times
With the launch of the East-West Network, we have consistently outperformed the market with schedule reliability* and competitive transit times across key European corridors:
| Trade corridor | Routing | Average transit time (Maersk vs Market) | Schedule reliability (DP3, Maersk vs Market) |
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Trade corridor
Chittagong to London Gateway
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Routing
Via Colombo
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Average transit time (Maersk vs Market)
44 days vs market average of 60 days
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Schedule reliability (DP3, Maersk vs Market)
Maersk 82% vs Others 36%
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Trade corridor
Chittagong to Rotterdam
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Routing
Via Colombo
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Average transit time (Maersk vs Market)
41 days vs market average of 59 days
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Schedule reliability (DP3, Maersk vs Market)
Maersk 86% vs Others 36%
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Trade corridor
Chittagong to Hamburg
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Routing
Via Colombo
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Average transit time (Maersk vs Market)
48 days vs market average of 69 days
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Schedule reliability (DP3, Maersk vs Market)
Maersk 73% vs Others 37%
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Trade corridor
Chittagong to Valencia
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Routing
Via Colombo
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Average transit time (Maersk vs Market)
42 days vs market average of 49 days
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Schedule reliability (DP3, Maersk vs Market)
Maersk 93% vs Others 24%
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Schedule reliability: ME2 Service – 84.9%
*Data based on Sea-Intelligence Reports on Ocean Reports: February – September 2025
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Get in touch with our experts and we will help you build a seamless and dependable export supply chain from Bangladesh to your destinations in Europe.
