East Coast Trading Private Limited (ECTL) was launched as the flagship company of the Group in March 1977, engaged in the trading of various commodities like power station equipment, helicopters and accessories, etc. Within a few years, the company emerged as one of the largest trading organizations having a wide range of services and commodities as the scope of business.
ECTL’s aviation wing represents Bell Helicopter and Boeing (formerly Aviall Pte Ltd.) in Bangladesh. ECTL has supplied a good number of Bell helicopters along with spare parts to Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Army. It also supplies spares and supports services to its customers.
ECTL’s power division together with its partner namely JSC “VO” Technopromexport (TPE) (Russia) has built several power stations at Ghorashal and Siddhirganj. The current total generating capacity of these baseload stations is 1160 MW. ECTL and TPE are in the process of starting rehabilitation and modernization work of 2 Units of 55MW. On 18 December 2004, the first Unit of the 210 MW thermal power plant was officially commissioned and inaugurated by the honourable Prime Minister.
ECTL is the exclusive distributor of world renowned lubricating oil additives brand ‘INFINEUM’ which is a world-class formulator, manufacturer and marketer of petroleum additives. Infineum is a joint venture of two of the most respected oil majors, ExxonMobil and Shell. With the help of Infineum formulation, ECTL actively working to uplift the quality of the lubricants produced in Bangladesh. To provide a comprehensive solution to the lubricant blenders, ECTL engaged itself in base oil and speciality petrochemicals marketing.
ECTL is the leading supplier of crude oil and petroleum products in the country. The company has supplied 35 million tons of oil and petroleum products under a term contract, spot sale, and purchase over the last 30 years.
It also participates in major international tenders for the supply of various commodities like Sugar, Fertilizers, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals, Food Grains, Sulfur, Electrical Equipment, etc.
ECTL represents 3M Security Market Products. These include document and article security products and solutions. 3M security market covers the following areas:
ECTL supplies equipment and machinery to different medium and large size industries which include power stations, fertilizer factories, refineries etc. It also represents world renowned reciprocating industrial pump manufacturer Peroni Pump in Bangladesh and supplied a good number of HP Ammonia Pump and HP Carbonate Pump to Fertilizer Companies in Bangladesh.