[🇧🇩] Ship Building Industry in Bangladesh

[Saif]

২০২৫ সালের মধ্যে ৮টি জাহাজ রপ্তানি করবে 'ওয়েস্টার্ন মেরিন শিপইয়ার্ড'

 

[Saif]

সংযুক্ত আরব আমিরাত এবং সৌদি আরবে রপ্তানি হচ্ছে মেইড ইন বাংলাদেশ জাহাজ​

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[Krishna with Flute]

This is an area where BD has done very well.

 

[Saif]

This is an area where BD has done very well.

We are still lagging behind India. We need huge investment to catch up.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

We are still lagging behind India. We need huge investment to catch up.

That is never going to happen.

 

[Bilal9]

That is never going to happen.

You are not aware of the scenario.

Bangladesh is not in the business of making 25000 ton ships. The local yards specialize in smaller niche industry builds - like oil derrick supply vessels, ICE class vessels, defence interdiction vessels (also riverine transports etc. all under 10,000 tons capacity).

Stuff which is uneconomical to build in Indian yards.

Some vessels for Indian market were built in Bangladesh recently.

That is what Saif bhai is talking about.

There were four or five of this variety built in a Chittagong Yard for Jindal Steel.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

You are not aware of the scenario.

Bangladesh is not in the business of making 25000 ton ships. The local yards specialize in smaller niche industry builds - like oil derrick supply vessels, ICE class vessels, defence interdiction vessels (also riverine transports etc. all under 10,000 tons capacity).

Stuff which is uneconomical to build in Indian yards.

Some vessels for Indian market were built in Bangladesh recently.

That is what Saif bhai is talking about.

There were four or five of this variety built in a Chittagong Yard for Jindal Steel.

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That true. I excatly say that. I know BD ship building is very good but the lacks the capability which India has. India builds 100000 ton displacement ships. BD is good in one niche segment but shipbuilding is very diverse having many types of ships which BD does not produce.

 

[Bilal9]

That true. I excatly say that. I know BD ship building is very good but the lacks the capability which India has. India builds 100000 ton displacement ships. BD is good in one niche segment but shipbuilding is very diverse having many types of ships which BD does not produce.

Other than larger sizes - I believe they build pretty much everything, under 10000 tons that is.

I don't know what you refer to that they have not built.

Here is a partial list form just one ship yard.

Western Marine Shipyard Limited Shipyard - Magicport

Discover the ships produced by Western Marine Shipyard Limited Shipyard and get details and contact information for shipbuilding and repair services.

magicport.ai

This one was a specialized build for New Zealand to ferry people within the Cook Islands.

This one below was a Kenyan Navy build with speed close to 35 knots (uses twin waterjets as power).

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Other than larger sizes - I believe they build pretty much everything, under 10000 tons that is.

I don't know what you refer to that they have not built.

Here is a partial list form just one ship yard.

Western Marine Shipyard Limited Shipyard - Magicport

Discover the ships produced by Western Marine Shipyard Limited Shipyard and get details and contact information for shipbuilding and repair services.

magicport.ai

This one was a specialized build for New Zealand to ferry people within the Cook Islands.

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This one below was a Kenyan Navy build with speed close to 35 knots (uses twin waterjets as power).

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That is what Exactly I had said. BD's Ship building Industry is vibrant. I only disagree with that part of post in which you said that BD need investment to catch up with India which I don't think is possible even with huge investment in sector.

 

[Bilal9]

There is also very high local demand for bulk carriers and even container carriers within our borders and river routes. Here is an example of a riverine container carrier within Bangladesh built locally. Hundreds of them are built every year, both passenger and container carriers.

This one below was a medium sized build for a client in Germany by Western Marine. This is the Elbe river in Germany. The cargo is wind turbine blades.

The one below is a Navy large patrol craft (LPC) made in one of the Navy yards in Bangladesh. These are modern vessels armed with anti-ship missiles and torpedoes.

 

[Bilal9]

This is one of many common designs for riverine cargo carriers and tankers. This one is a mini bulk-carrier in Bangladesh.

At any time - there are at least a couple of hundred riverine ships anchored in the Karnaphuli river near Chittagong Port which serve the river ports further inland.

 

[Bilal9]

That is what Exactly I had said. BD's Ship building Industry is vibrant. I only disagree with that part of post in which you said that BD need investment to catch up with India which I don't think is possible even with huge investment in sector.

Well one could argue otherwise. Witness what happened in Korea as far as govt. policy help and investments in shipbuilding.

HYUNDAI (HHI Ulsan), DAEWOO (DSME), STX and SAMSUNG could not develop without massive investments.

Korea is a small place - smaller than even Bangladesh. Their shipbuilding sector however is many times larger than that of India, even today, even after Chinese exceeded their shipbuilding sector.

Size of a country is no factor if government subsidies are bolstered - which are a critical starting point for developing shipbuilding capabilities and what occurred in Korea.

In Ulsan, HHI yards are a sight to behold, I have been there a few times. The picture shows some 100,000 ton builds in progress.