DHAKA, Jan 20, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going
to add 26 more vessels to its fleet, of which six will be collected soon as
the government has given the necessary approval to this end.
BSC’s ship acquisition plan includes acquirement of a number of vessels of
different types and sizes in addition to the replacement of the existing
vessels of its fleet with a view to increase carrying capacity of export-
import of the country in government sector following the 7th Five-year plan,
Vision-2021 and 2041.
BSC officials at its 300th meeting of the board of directors held at the
auditorium of the Ministry of Shipping told the agency has acquired six
vessels recently from China, of which three bulk carrier have already joined
their duty, while the remaining three, which are oil tankers, will come next
month.
Presided over by State Minister for Shipping and BSC Chairman Khalid Mahmud
Chowdhury, the meeting was attended, among others, by additional secretary
Sanjay Kumar Banik, BSC managing director Commodore Yahya Syed, financial
adviser of the Ministry of the Finance Md Saiful Alam Hamidi, BSC executive
director (finance) Md Habibur Rahman and BSC executive director (technology)
Mohammad Eusuf.