Road was built beside the harbour. Between 1905 and 1911, Chittagong was the chief seaport of Eastern Bengal and Assam. It was made the terminus of the Assam Bengal Railway. Hence, the port's hinterland included all of colonial Assam (modern Northeast India). Trade between British India and British Burma rapidly increased in the early 20th century. The Bay of Bengal became one of the busiest shipping hubs in the world, rivaling the traffic of ports on the Atlantic. In 1928, the British government declared Chittagong as a "Major Port" of British India. Chittagong was important for the petroleum industry that developed in Assam and Burma. It was used for jute and rice trading. During World War II, Chittagong port was used by Allied Forces in the Burma Campaign. After the partition of British India, the governor general of the Dominion of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, visited Chittagong and stressed its importance and future potential. The Chittagong Port Trust was formed in East Pakistan in 1960. 100 employees of the Chittagong Port were killed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The Soviet Pacific Fleet was tasked with mine clearing and salvage operations in the port after the war. The port has benefited from the growth of heavy industry and logistics in the Chittagong Metropolitan Area in the years following independence. Trade unionism was strong in the late 1990s. A major expansion took place with the construction of the New Mooring Terminal in the first decade of the 21st century. Management The Chittagong Port Authority is responsible for the port's management. Facilities Berths Container terminals The port depends on several container terminals, most of which are owned by private companies. New Mooring Terminal Chittagong Container Terminal KDS Logistics Terminal Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) Terminal Summit Alliance Container Terminal Vertex Off Dock Logistic Terminal QNS Container Terminal Shafi Motors Terminal K & T Logistic Terminal Esack Brothers Terminal Chittagong Container Transportation Company Limited Terminal Port Link Logistic Terminal M/s. Incontrade Terminal M/s. Golden Container Terminal M/s. Saber Ahmed Timber Terminal M/s. Eastern Logistics Terminal B. M. Container Terminal Nemsan Container Terminal Industrial terminals Eastern Refinery Terminal Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) Terminal Jamuna Oil Company Terminal Padma Oil Company Terminal Meghna Petroleum Terminal Omera Fuels Limited Terminal Security The Bangladesh Coast Guard is responsible for security in the vicinity of the port. Naval and air base The Bangladesh Navy's largest naval base,