IMO, NORAD stress
training, knowledge-sharing
CHITTAGONG, Oct 11: A team of experts from the IMO (International
Maritime Organisation) and NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation)
has laid emphasis on more training and experience-sharing in the ship-recycling
industry.
The IMO and NORAD experts held a meeting with office- bearers of
Bangladesh Ship Breakers Association (BSBA) on Saturday and exchanged views on
training of the workers in the ship-breaking and recycling industry in
Chittagong and improvement of working atmosphere in the ship-recycling yards.
Safe and environmentally-sound ship-recycling in Bangladesh Phase-1 is
already under implementation in the ship-recycling yards of Chittagong with
financial support from the Norwegian donor agency, NORAD.
Welcoming the expert delegation in Chittagong, the BSBA president MA
Taher said the ship breaking and yard-owners have already set up an institute
for workers' training, where foreign experts in the field are providing
training. The BSBA will soon start medical services through the BSBA Hospital,
he said.
Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Industries and national project
director of the SENSREC Yasmeen Sultana said the government is determined to
improve the ship-breaking and recycling industry atmosphere.
"The yard owners should
engage properly trained personnel in the yard and maintain compliance,"
she said.
Associate Professor of World Maritime University Professor Captain
Raphael Baumler said the rapidly- expanding Bangladesh ship-breaking industry
must share its experience and knowledge with those working in the field in the
external world.
This consortium of the IMO and NORAD has been established to achieve that
objective, he said.
He emphasised the safety, protection and development of the ship-recycling
sector.
Besides, the industry owners should abide by the rules of the government
of Bangladesh and meet the global challenges.
German expert Henning Gramann observed that proper training should be
given to the workers as per Hong Kong Convention for development of the sector.
The expert from Turkey Professor Gokdeniz Neser shared his experience in
Turkish ship-recycling sector, while Indian expert Dharmesh Zani gave a brief
description of how he is training the Bangladeshi workers in the ship-recycling
sector.
Vice president of the BSBA Amjad Hossain Chowdhury promised to work in
collaboration with the IMO and NORAD for the improvement of working atmosphere
in the shipyards.
BSBA executive member Md Salauddin, NUM Jahangir Chowdhury, Md Lokman, Ashikur
Rahman Laskar, member Jahangir Alam Chowdhury also spoke on the occasion. The
meeting decided to open a website of the BSBA.
Director of Environment in Chittagong Md Moqbul
Hossain, Bangladesh Marine Academy (BMA) Commandant Sajid Hossain, chief of
nautical studies Captain Kazi ABM Shamim, Associate Professor of CU Economics
department Md Nurun Nabi, BUET Professor Dr. MM Golam Zakaria, engineer of HR
Ship Management Ltd Mahbubur Rahman and chief captain of BSBA Training
Institute SM Moula were present in the meeting.
Source: the financial
express. 12 October 2015
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