Starting a big sail - Shipbuilding in Bangladesh
Starting a big sail Faizul Khan Tanim looks back at shipbuilding history and examines the enormous potential of Bangladesh as an emerging shipbuilding nation photo by Al-Emrun Garjon ‘Ship building and breaking has been going on in this country for a long time and we have such a highly experienced labor force that even today, the majority of the workers in Singapore shipyards are from Bangladesh’, says Kazi Salimul Kibria, manager of finance and accounts of WMSL. Bangladesh, a riverine country with huge coastal areas that are frequently lashed by cyclones and natural disasters, can, according to sources in the shipbuilding industry, actually generate vast amounts of revenue from its extensive coastline. Before becoming a ship building nation, there are four mandatory conditions in order to produce ocean-going vessels: international standard shipbuilding practice, quality management system, coastal and riverine country, and infrastructure with proper sheds and skilled manpower. Banglad...