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Underlying problems and Way forward of Shipbuilding Engineering in Bangladesh

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Rasedul Islam Sagor

ID: 14307002

Course name : ART 102Program: BSME

Section:FDated: 18/10/2014

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Introduction of Shipbuilding Engineering.

History of Shipbuilding in Bangladesh.

Potentials of Shipbuilding in Bangladesh.

Capacity development in Bangladesh.

Prospects of Shipbuilding in Bangladesh.

Conclusion.

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Shipbuilding Engineering is an engineering which-

dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.It also known as Naval

Engineering or Naval Architecture.Shipbuilding Engineers are involves-basic and applied research,

design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a marine. 

Image1: Ship model (Auto cad 3d)

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Image:1- large fleets of warships docked

In 14th CenturyMoroccoan traveler Ibn-Batuta, there used to be large fleets of warships docked in various ports of the country.

Image:3-List of Sultan of Turkey in (1755-1825)During the

17th century, the shipyards of Chittagong used to build warships for the Sultan of Turkey.

Image:4:Logo of Royal Navy

The Royal Navy had many warships built in Chittagong, some of which were also used in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

2Image:2-Large fleets of warship docked

Image:3-List of Sultan of Turkey in 17th century

Image:4-Royal Navy in Battle of

Trafalgar

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Image:5-Khulna Shipyard

 Khulna Shipyard, the first modern shipyard of Bangladesh, was established in 1957.The shipyard was later nationalized and came under the control of Bangladesh Navy in 1999.

Image:6-Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Industry

In 1979, the sector received its first foreign investment after the independence of Bangladesh when Mitsui Engineering and

By the 2000s, several more private shipyards were established and in 2008, Bangladesh became a ship exporting country.

Image:7-German Buyer take their Ship from Bangladesh.Shipbuildin

g formed a joint venture with High Speed Shipyard of Bangladesh to establish a shipyard at Fatullah, Narayanganj.

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Bangladesh

India

China Singapore

South Korea

Japan

Italy

France

Norway

Finland

0.5 1.0 1.5 3.0 6.0 12.0 13.0

13.0 14.0 15.0

Workforce

Table-1: Comparison of labour costs

Bangladesh has comparatively a lower cost ofhuman inputs and can offer the best combination ofcost, quality and productivity with its fast growingyoung workforce.

Source:Annual report of MARTEC 2010

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Country Weighted labour rate

Weighted productibity

Weighted average output cost

Bangladesh 0.5 1.0 0.50

India 1.5 1.2 1.25

China 1.5 1.4 1.07

South Korea 6.0 3.0 2.00

Singapore 4.0 2.0 2.00

Germany 15.0 5.0 3.00

Lower Effective Cost

Table-2: Cost-effectiveness

Table-2 speaks for the strength of Bangladesh to grow as a shipbuilding nation in terms of effective cost of workforce.

Source: Annual Report of MARTEC 2013

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Demand of World Trade(DWT)

figure-1:Demand & Supply in World Shipping Trade

Shipbuilding demand is a function of shipping activities and in turn of sea borne commerce , national water trades , any water borne activities such as- fishing , exploration extraction and reservation. In Fig-1 we see the demand & supply of shipbuilding in world market.

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• Replacement of requirement of small ships in european waters.

• Enforcement of use of double skin tankers.

• A strong of fuel efficient ships(img-8).

• Restriction including emission limits to hold good environment.

• Higher required human input in these sectors

Capacity development should be:

Image-8:Fuel efficient hulk ship {Source: Rolls royce fishing research vessels (http://www.rolls -royce.com/marine/ship_design_systems/ship_design_fishing_research_vessels/}

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Growth patterns

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unit shipyards

Expect growth of export Shipbuilding industries

Figure-2: Growth patterns of shipyards Bangladesh

In fig-2 we see that Growth patterns of Bangladeshi shipyards expect export. With 50 yards developed by 2021 Bangladesh will export 500 ships on an average each of 10,000 dwt earning earnings US$ 7.00 million equivalent per year.

New building earnings

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• In fig-3 we see that having 20 docks/yard each serving 50 ships annually and billing US$ 5.00 million for each served.

• Bangladesh may earn 5 billion US dollars retaining about US$ 3.50 billion.

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Growth patterns of repair yards

Growth patterns of repair yards

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Figure-3:Growth patterns of repair earning in Bangladesh

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• In fig-4 we see that 50 industries will earn foreign currencies by exporting to foreign shipyard and will exceeded US$ 250million.

• A linkage industries unit with 200 employes will produce US$10.0 million a year all being considered export through shipbuilding

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Contribution linkage industries

Contribu-tion link-age indus-tries

Contribution of linkage industries

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Figure-4:Contribution linkage industries

Scarcity of capitalHigh manufacturing costBackward in technology

Inadequate electricity supplyDiplomatic deficiency and poor

marketing networkLack of basic design abilitiesLack of comprehensive skill

No policy body for advising the government on shipbuilding

• They have to get more orders from clients abroad through global competition.

• Need a skilled worked force.• Deep draft basins with acsses

to the sea.• Long term government policy

support.• Allied forward and backward

linkage industries.• Establish a towing tank.• Need more industry related

educational and training institutes

Weakness to overcome

PLAN FOR OVERCOMING THOSE WEAKNESS: