BANGLADESH Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to procure six ships, to meet the growing demand for transportation services, reports Dhaka's Financial Express.
The ships are two mother bulk carriers, two mother tankers, and two mother product oil tankers.
BSC managing director Commodore Sumon Mahmod Sabbir disclosed the news at a meeting with the journalists at the BSC headquarters in the port city
The declaration came ahead of the 44th annual general meeting of the corporation.
'A shipping organisation like BSC should have at least 40 to 50 ships to meet the growing demand, but at present, BSC has only eight ships. And six of them - MV Banglar Joyjatra, MV Banglar Shomridhi, MV Banglar Orjon, Banglar Agrojatra, Banglar Agradut and Banglar Agrogot - were procured from China in 2018. Two other ships - Banglar Shourav and Banglar Joty - were procured in 1987 from Denmark,' said Commodore Sabbir.
'Bangladesh is importing coal for Rampal, Pyra, and Matharbari coal-based power plants. So, we need to maintain an uninterrupted supply chain of coal in the country. We have already planned to procure two mother bulk carriers in this regard. We also have a plan to procure at least 10 lighterage vessels for carrying the coal,' said Mr Sabbir.
'We have a plan to carry all crude oils for the Eastern Refinery Limited in the future. So, we have taken up a project to procure mother tankers. Besides, we will procure a mother oil tanker with 80,000 tonnes capacity for carrying diesel and jet fuels in the country.'
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The ships are two mother bulk carriers, two mother tankers, and two mother product oil tankers.
BSC managing director Commodore Sumon Mahmod Sabbir disclosed the news at a meeting with the journalists at the BSC headquarters in the port city
The declaration came ahead of the 44th annual general meeting of the corporation.
'A shipping organisation like BSC should have at least 40 to 50 ships to meet the growing demand, but at present, BSC has only eight ships. And six of them - MV Banglar Joyjatra, MV Banglar Shomridhi, MV Banglar Orjon, Banglar Agrojatra, Banglar Agradut and Banglar Agrogot - were procured from China in 2018. Two other ships - Banglar Shourav and Banglar Joty - were procured in 1987 from Denmark,' said Commodore Sabbir.
'Bangladesh is importing coal for Rampal, Pyra, and Matharbari coal-based power plants. So, we need to maintain an uninterrupted supply chain of coal in the country. We have already planned to procure two mother bulk carriers in this regard. We also have a plan to procure at least 10 lighterage vessels for carrying the coal,' said Mr Sabbir.
'We have a plan to carry all crude oils for the Eastern Refinery Limited in the future. So, we have taken up a project to procure mother tankers. Besides, we will procure a mother oil tanker with 80,000 tonnes capacity for carrying diesel and jet fuels in the country.'
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