Third phase agreement with Norway to improve ship breaking industry in Bangladesh

7 August 2020 Defres Facebook entry

Third phase agreement with Norway to improve ship breaking industry in Bangladesh.

Old ships that expired are broken down and reused rods, steel. But breaking the ship is a very risky job. Because old ships contain many toxins that are harmful to the human body. So engineers engaged in the ship breaking industry, developed countries use more advanced technology to ensure the health protection of workers.

But developing countries are backward from this technology, but now they are also trying to break ships using much advanced technology. The agreement has been signed between the government of Bangladesh and Norway in his continuation.Another agreement has been signed for the third time on the environmental safe ship breaking project between the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Norway and the government of Bangladesh on July 24 According to that agreement, Norway has pledged $ 1.5 million to improve the ship breaking industry of Bangladesh.Noted that the SENSREC project contract was successfully implemented in the first phase in 2015-17 and the second phase in 2018-20, Norway collaborated with both phases.

With extra funding, the third phase of the project will be implemented within 18 months starting November 2020The agreement will focus on improving the quality of recycling and efficiency of Bangladesh ships by complying with the Hong Kong Convention. As well as the government of Bangladesh will provide specific technical support to manage, conserve and settle dangerous waste.Norway’s ambassador to Bangladesh Sidsel Blakeen said that our censrec project has already made remarkable progress in the commitment and achievement of the recycled industry of Bangladesh as well as government authorities.He also said, ′′ We are happy to support Bangladesh and we thank IMO for their important role in this project.

Through IMO we will continue to support Bangladesh’s ship recycled industry and their efforts to develop the country’s economy. ′′ I’m going to beThe agreement was signed by Norway’s ambassador Mrs. Blakeen and IMO Secretary-General Kitak Lim.Thanking the Norway government for their generous contribution, Mr. Lim said, ′′ The continuation of this project will increase the national capacity of Bangladesh by recycling ships safely and environmentally ′′ I’m going to beNoted that the impact of ship breaking industry in the global economy market is very strong. Currently, the 40 thousand million dollar market is open in the global market. Developing countries are focusing on this industry day by day to catch this market.

Bangladesh has brought this industry forward in a long way in combination with India. At present we are the leaders of the industry that broke the ship. Belgium’s ‘ The NGO Shipbreaking Platform ‘ Bangladesh has topped the second place in a report list in February. According to the report, Bangladesh has the highest number of ships in the world in 2019 That year imported 236 ships from the international market to Bangladesh for breaking, 20.41 percent more than 2018 Earlier in 2004-2009, Bangladesh was in the first place in the world to break the ship for these five years. India, Pakistan, China and Turkish are our disability in this industry in the world. 80 % of the world’s ships are broken in these Asia’s developing countries.

There are about 120 ship breaking yards across the coast of Chittagong. This resulted in a lot of jobs and about 50,000 people directly involved in the industry. On the other hand, about 1,00,000 people are indirectly involved with this industry. Most of these huge working people have come from the poverty affected areas of the country. Our country’s local rod and steel market is totally dependent on this industry. 60 % of the country’s steel demand comes from this industry. Almost everything inside the Tashara ship and ship is recycled.

#Robius _ Sunny (Defress Writers Panel)