Bangladesh outlines plans to develop naval shipbuilding capability
Chittagong dry dock
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has outlined plans to further develop naval shipbuilding capability within the country.
At an event on 19 March in Chittagong marking the commissioning of three vessels for the Bangladesh Navy (BN), Hasina said that the Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) at Narayanganj is developing a new facility to support the BN’s operation of Chinese submarines, which are scheduled to be delivered later this year. The DEW is owned and managed by the BN.
Furthermore, Hasina announced that the BN is planning to construct naval vessels at the Chittagong Dry Dock facility, a site formerly managed by the state-owned Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation but transferred to the BN in late 2015.
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