Shipping Corporation's new bulk carrier arrives
A bulk carrier, added to Bangladesh Shipping Corporation's (BSC) fleet after around 27 years, reached the Chittagong Port's outer anchorage yesterday. Banglar Joyjatra is one of the six new vessels, three bulk carriers and three oil tankers each with 39,000-deadweight tonnage capacity, being purchased from China by the BSC.
The China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation had delivered the vessel in July, said Commodore Yahya Syed, managing director of the BSC.
“But we didn't want to bring the vessel empty. That's why we rented it out to a local company for running it at $10,000 per day,” he added.
The bulk carrier transported some cargoes to the Port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, and came to Bangladesh carrying imported goods, including around 37,000 tonnes of stone chips, Syed said.
Of the Tk 1,843.58 crore being spent for the new vessels, Tk 1,448.32 crore is being provided by China as a concessional loan while the rest is coming from the BSC. Syed hopes for the remaining vessels to arrive by February next year.
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