CHATTOGRAM: The Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) Ltd. has secured the second work order for building a tugboat for a company based in the United Arab Emirates.
The 67-metre long tugboat will be operating in the Arabian Sea.
Ahmed Al Marzuki of Al Rashid Shipping Ltd. and Managing Director of the WMS Engineer Shakhawat Hossain signed a contract to this end on behalf of their respective organisations recently, said a statement of the shipbuilding company. The Anchor Handling Tugboat (AHTS), 16.80-metre in width and 6.30-metre in depth, will be built at the WMS yard at Patiya of Chattogram under international class Bureau Veritas.
The main engine and other equipment and machinery will be imported from Europe and Japan.
The Western Marine built and delivered a landing craft namely Ajman Trans to the Al Rashid Shipping, the first vessel exported to the UAE from Bangladesh.
It was the 40th ship exported from Bangladesh.
Western Marine is currently building a total of 38 ships for foreign and domestic buyers, it said.
It is also in the final stage of securing some other orders from the UAE, which include tankers and specialised sea-going vessels.
The entrepreneurs are hopeful that they can secure a major portion of the UAE's shipbuilding market once these orders are secured.
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