Ispahani Summit Alliance Terminals Limited (ISATL) established in June 2009 in Pahartali, Chattogram. Ispahani Summit Alliance Terminals Limited (ISATL) is the pioneer and market leader in the Inland Container Depot (ICD) and Container Freight Services (CFS) industry.

 

ISATL has certification from Global Security Verification (GSV) which is the leading international network for supporting the development and implementation of measures for enhancing global supply chain security. This GSV certification has established the fact that the company has the appropriate security measures, as published by the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, in place and that these measures are maintained throughout the facilities. Along with GSV, ISATL facility also compliant International Ship & Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code which is a security measure set by the IMO (International Maritime Organization) along with Verified Gross Mass (VGM) approved by Department of Shipping, Government of Bangladesh as part of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention.

The Off-Dock facility is located only 8 km away from the Chittagong Port. With a Custom Bonded Area spread over 31 acres of freehold land, ISATL has an ideal geographical advantage to carry out its principal activities of providing services for Empty Container Storage and handling both import and export containerized cargo.

The depot facilitates transportation and storage of empty containers at ISATL’s yard and redelivery of the containers to various locations as per clients’ advice. It also provides some customized services to its clients such as container condition survey, container repair and maintenance, fumigation etc.

CFS facilitates activities related to export cargo handling as well as import cargo handling. These includes the following services:

Receiving of export cargo, storage of the same in bonded warehouse, documentation to complete formalities related to export, stuffing (loading) of the cargo in the container, transportation of cargo to Chattogram Port’s Container Yard or Vessel Hook point as per clients’ advice.

Receiving import container from Chattogram Port’s yard and transporting the same to ISATL’s yard, documentation, un-stuffing of the import cargo and handing over of cargo to clients. Currently, ISATL handling import cargo 1000 TEU’s and proposed plan for import capacity more 3000 TEU’s.

ISATL has a strong existing client base of proven business relationships. Current total export volume of ISATL is 4000 Teus/Month of which 45% is of Maersk Logistics, 18% of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd, 30% of yard cargo (specially jute items) and 7% of other customers. Approximately 90% of cargo is being transported by trucks from Dhaka and surrounding areas.

Ispahani Summit Alliance Terminals Limited handles over 7% of the country’s entire containerized export through private off docks.