The New Nation - Internet Edition

Business Report

A 4-member team of Korea's Advanced Ship Engineering Research Center (ASERC) at the Pusan National University, which has the world's most modern and comprehensive research facility on ship designing, visited Western Marine Shipyard Ltd on Tuesday.

ASERC Director Prof. H.H. Chun led the delegation. The other members include Prof. Sung Won Kang and Prof. Je Myung Lee from Pusan National University, and Dr. Mizanur Rahman from ASERC.

Dhaka Zonal General Manager of Daewoo International Corporation, H.S. Kim, Country Manager of Germanischer Lloyd in Bangladesh, C. F. Zaman and Country Manager of Bureau Veritas, Bangladesh, Md. Harunor Rashid will join the delegation team during the visit.

The visit was a part of the team's Bangladesh tour aiming at the initiation of academic and research collaboration with the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of BUET and provision of academic scholarship to naval architectures and engineers to Korea.

The visiting team also examined the current status of Bangladesh's emerging shipbuilding industry, which will determine business collaboration among Bangladeshi and Korean investors.

Currently, the Western Marine shipyard has confirmed orders for 18 international ocean-going vessels which include 5 X 4100 DWT Ice-class container vessels for Denmark, 12 X 5200 DWT Multi Purpose Cargo vessels for Germany and 1 X Floating Reception vessel for a Finis buyer.