Buyers from Europe, the largest export destination for Bangladesh’s readymade garments, have favoured AP Møller-Maersk for the job of operating the Patenga Container Terminal in Chattogram. H&M, the largest buyer for the country’s garments, and Inditex have already written to the shipping ministry expressing their support for Maersk to run the terminal set to be .
Global ports and terminal operator APM Terminals (part of AP Moller – Maersk) recently met key Bangladeshi stakeholders to explore deepening the cooperation on maritime infrastructure in the country. Together with the Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Winnie Estrup Petersen, company representatives met with Shipping Minister Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Secretary of Shipping Mohammed Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury, .