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We produce high-quality aluminum cans through a fully sustainable green manufacturing process. Committed to innovation, quality & environment.

24/10/2026

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13/09/2026

Subject They Said Yes on the Phone. Then They Hung Up. Eight Months Later, They Finally Said Yes for Real.

Eight months ago, we shared a story that shocked many: a $100 million foreign investment in Bangladesh — a plant that would end the country's reliance on imported aluminum cans — was being held hostage by two shipping giants.

41 containers arrived. Customs cleared them (after a High Court fight). Then came detention fees. Bangladesh's Shipping Ministry granted a 90% waiver.

GLOBE (Singapore) complied immediately. Professional. Done.

MSC (Switzerland) and CMA CGM (France) refused. They charged the maximum rate. $120/day. $110/day. The Chattogram Port Chairman — a Navy Rear Admiral — called them personally. They were submissive on the phone. Fully agreed.

Then they hung up and ignored him. 📞💨

For EIGHT MONTHS, 30 containers sat at the port. A national priority project delayed. Jobs lost. All because two companies believed they were above Bangladeshi law.

We went public. We named names. We asked the international trade community to watch.

And today — they agreed. 90% waiver. Finally. 🙌

To MSC and CMA CGM: thank you. Not because you deserve applause for doing what you should have done in last December , but because this is the outcome Bangladesh deserved from the start.

To the Port Chairman: you are a man of integrity. You fought for your country when others walked away.

To every Bangladeshi who shared our post, demanded justice, and refused to stay silent: this win belongs to you. 🇧🇩

Our plant will now rise. Cans will be made. Imports will fall. And the dignity of this nation will stand taller.

Fairness is not a favor. It is a right. And today, it was delivered.

Bangladesh

07/09/2026

22 containers. Detained for nearly 700 days. 8 already in first auction.

We brought USD 100 million in foreign direct investment to Bangladesh. This is not just our word — the files speak:

Prime Minister's Office, BIDA, Shipping Ministry, BCCCI, BCSA, and through the Chinese Embassy channel (BECA) — all have written. All on record.

Yesterday, the Chittagong Port Chairman called the carrier directly — for the second time — instructing them to implement the 90% waiver directive.

On the same vessel, two other carriers have already released cargo in line with the government directive. Only one is still demanding a 20% cash deposit.

The maths:

Cargo value: ~USD 13,000/box

Container replacement cost: USD 2,000–3,000

Deposit demanded: ~USD 15,000/box

That is 5–7x the cargo value. 5–7x the container itself.

A carrier has a duty to mitigate. Not to monetise detention.

Headquarters has been silent since Sept 2. Auction doesn't wait. The directive expires Sept 14.

We don't want to escalate. But the files are here. The chambers are here. The embassy channel is here. The Port Chairman's call has been made — twice.

All of this together should not be worth less than one reply.

ALU HI-TECH IND LTD.

07/09/2026

Our Managing Director recently met with Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman, OSP, ndc, ncc, psc, Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority, to discuss matters related to our ongoing investment project and operational challenges at Chattogram Port.

We sincerely appreciate the Chairman for his valuable time and constructive discussion.

We remain committed to investing in Bangladesh and contributing to the country’s industrial growth and economic development.

04/09/2026

When a $100M FDI project gets held hostage by a "deposit game" — not by red tape, but by a shipping line's own local team.

We are ALU HI-TECH IND LTD., building Bangladesh's first two-piece aluminum beverage can plant. Today, 22 of our containers sit at Chittagong Port, fully cleared by court (zero-duty status confirmed), yet stranded behind an unreasonable demurrage wall.

Here's the timeline:

✅ Bangladesh Shipping Ministry issued a 90% demurrage waiver, valid till 14 Sept 2026.

✅ Chittagong Port Chairman personally called carriers to match it.

✅ MSC HQ and GLOBE complied. Their boxes are released.

❌ CNC Bangladesh (CMA CGM brand) said yes on the call (19 July), then walked it back in writing.

Their local "proposal": Pay 20% now. We'll "ask" HQ for 80%. If we get 90%, we refund 10%. If not, tough luck.

Translation: They've already priced in 80% and want to keep an extra ~USD 150k inside their own cycle. We saw this same playbook in Dec 2025.

We came to the table in good faith — even shared our forward RFQ (~12,900 TEU/year). None of the underlying delay was ours. The court ruled the cargo was wrongly taxed; the government waived demurrage to undo that damage.

CGM Group — is this the partner experience your headquarters endorses? We've escalated to your Dhaka MD. The window to honor a sovereign directive closes on 14 Sept 2026.

Disclaimer: This is a factual account of our own experience. All government directives, meeting dates, and counterpart actions are recorded in our files and available to relevant authorities. We are not alleging any individual's criminal liability — only describing a commercial posture we find inconsistent with the Shipping Ministry's directive and with peer-carrier practice. Names of individual staff are deliberately omitted.

31/08/2026

One Shipping Giant Backed Down. The Other Is Still Holding a $100M Project Hostage.

We invested $100 million to build Bangladesh's first aluminum beverage can plant — a 100% foreign-owned project in a Hi-Tech Park, designed to end the country's reliance on imported cans.

When 41 containers of construction materials arrived at Chattogram Port, we expected zero-duty clearance under the SRO framework. Customs demanded 58.6% and caused all delay. We fought through the High Court, won, and settled at 10% (AT+AIT). And all governments and relevant organizations has issued supported aligning Ministry of shipping waiver letters to CNC.

Then came the detention fees.

Three carriers were involved: GLOBE (Singapore), CNC (CMA CGM Group), and MSC (Switzerland). Bangladesh's Shipping Ministry granted a 90% detention fee waiver.

GLOBE complied. Immediately. Professionally. 11 containers released last December.

MSC initially refused — for 8 months. But we acknowledge: has NOW agreed to the 90% waiver. Thank you. We urge CNC to release the containers without further delay and put this behind us.

That leaves Cnc (CMA CGM Group) as the sole holdout.

22 containers. Still stuck. Still charging $120/day. Still offering only token discounts. While a national priority project sits idle.

This is not a new story. Last December, the first waiver 90% issued from Ministry of shipping, but only Globe complied and released 11 containers of total 41 containers, others stuck due to the unreasonable calculations from the Shipping lines.

July 19, 2026, Chattogram Port Authority Chairman — a Navy Rear Admiral — personally called CNC. On the phone, they totally agreed to comply. Then they hung up and ignored the phone calling instructions. Treated a sovereign government order as "air."

Today, we are back at Chattogram Port. Meeting the Chairman. Meeting Customs. The government's position has not changed and new PM fully support our investment. The law has not changed. The only thing that has changed is that MSC finally respected it.

CNC — you are now the ONLY shipping line refusing to obey a lawful Bangladeshi government order. GLOBE did the right thing. MSC has come around. The international trade community is watching. Your customers are watching. Your shareholders are watching.

Shipping lines have an obligation to help clients mitigate their losses. A new container is priced at USD 5,000 per unit in USA, whereas a replacement ranges between USD 2,000 and 3,000.

We are not asking for special treatment. We are asking for the same standard GLOBE set: obey the 90% waiver, charge a fair $80/day, release the containers.

To CGM: your subsidiary's conduct in Bangladesh is no longer a commercial dispute. It is a reputational crisis. Fix it.

Bangladesh's dignity deserves respect. Investors deserve fair treatment.

Bangladesh

09/04/2026

Hello, Communities.

Alu Hi-Tech Industries Ltd. is a renowned investment company with a strong focus on cans manufacturing and beverage and b**r sectors. Having closely followed the rapid growth and industrial development in Bangladesh, we are convinced that investing in the Aluminum CAN manufacturing sector will not only our group development and yield significant returns but also contribute to the overall economic progress of the country's mass people.

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