Bangladesh could emerge as a shipbuilding hub in Asia utilising advanced technologies, Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Svend Olling said here on Wednesday, The Daily Star reports.
The envoy expressed keenness to transfer knowledge and modern technologies here from Denmark for modernising the country’s booming shipbuilding industry.
Olling came up with the offer at a meeting with Industries Minister Dilip Barua at his Shilpa Bhaban office at noon. Senior officials at the ministry were present.
They discussed various aspects of Denmark’s support for Bangladesh’s industrial sector during the meeting.
Issues relating to establishing the second unit of Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Limited (Kafco), modernisation of readymade garment industry and improvement of working environment at the RMG sector and the living standard of workers came up for discussion at the meeting.
A Danish delegation, led by Commerce and Investment Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr, will visit Dhaka in December to strengthen bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries, Olling informed the Industries Minister.
He hoped the visit of the Danish delegation comprising entrepreneurs of 10 leading companies would play a significant role in boosting trade and investment between the two countries.
At the meeting, Barua appreciated Denmark’s support in Bangladesh’s hi-tech industrialisation and sought Danish support to convert Chittagong Drydock into a modern shipbuilding yard.
Barua said the Danish entrepreneurs could come up either in joint-investment or under public-private partnership.
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