PANDIASIA maintains a small office in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Apart from liaison with Government authorities, insurance companies, head office of international organizations, and shipping companies, Dhaka office handled legal work when requested by clients. Dhaka is the seat of the Admiralty Court of Bangladesh. Dhaka also has an ICD for containers and a new river port in Pangaon has become operational in 2014.
Chittagong is the main seaport in Bangladesh, handling roughly 90% of the country’s export and 70% of the country’s imports. PANDIASIA’s Chittagong office serves as the main office in Bangladesh.
In 2013 PANDIASIA started operating in Khulna to serve the port of Mongla, the second port of Bangladesh. The port is expected to grow in importance as the infrastructure linking the port and Dhaka, the capital, is improved. Mongla is a major exporting port for frozen seafood and is the main gateway to western Bangladesh. The port handles considerable volume of imports of bagged fertilizer and bulk wheat. These cargoes often give rise to claim situations because of stevedore damage to bags and the port’s practice of discharging bulk wheat. The navigational challenge is also challenging as there are shallow banks in the river and strong cross current at the river mouth.
PANDIASIA has a fully resources representative office in Yangon through which it is serving clients in Myanmar. Myanmar is an emerging maritime nation with somewhat unclear legal environment and insufficient support services. PANDIASIA’s Myanmar office fills the vacuum in that market that needs a proactive and commercially prudent P&I Correspondent for the growing maritime trade.
PANDIASIA has a fully resources representative office in Yangon through which it is serving clients in Myanmar. Myanmar is an emerging maritime nation with somewhat unclear legal environment and insufficient support services. PANDIASIA’s Myanmar office fills the vacuum in that market that needs a proactive and commercially prudent P&I Correspondent for the growing maritime trade.
