On December 27, 2022, the Faculty of Engineering, American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) organized a visit to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), a government agency for the management, maintenance and governance of the Chittagong Port located on the Karnaphuli River. CPA is located at Bandar Bhaban, Chittagong, and performs the task of managing and maintaining the port facilities and infrastructure. 14 teachers from AIUB along with 37 students from Department of EEE and IPE participated in this visit. The team from AIUB reached CPA at 1:00 PM and stayed there for approximately 2 and a half hours.

Upon the team’s arrival, they were welcomed by Rear Admiral M Shahjahan (NPP, BCGMS, ndc, psc, BN, Chairman, CPA) and lead inside the premises, where Capt. Md. Zahirul Islam (Harbour Master, CPA) gave a speech explaining the functions of the port. He explained how the CPA manages, maintains, improves and develops the port, provides port services and facilities, controls the loading and unloading of ships, manages the storage of cargo and works with customs to maintain order in goods import. The presentation was followed by a brief question answer session, after which Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Pro Vice-Chancellor, AIUB) thanked Capt. Md. Zahirul Islam for his informative speech and offered a token of appreciation to the officials for their help and support.  Then, the team traveled to the Chittagong port and toured the docks freely, observing the various structures in the port such as containers, harbour cranes, transport trucks and cargo ships.

The tour came to an end with a group photo on the docks of all the members of the visiting team from AIUB. The visit was very informative and familiarized AIUB students with the ship industry of Bangladesh and the role of engineers in it.