Mozena visits CEPZ, Ctg port

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena poses with the officials of Western Marine Shipyard Ltd while visiting the shipyard in Chittagong on Saturday. Photo: Western Marine

It is crucial for Bangladesh to enlarge Chittagong port and increase its capacity in the country's way to come up as the Asian Tiger, said US Ambassador Dan W Mozena yesterday.
He spoke while visiting US companies in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ). Later he went to the port.
He said he visited Western Marine where small and big ships are being built which are exported to global markets and make a vital contribution to the national economy.
Mozena said 15 US companies are working in the CEPZ now and more investment will come in the days to come.
He visited Zone Service Complex of CEPZ; Mamiya-OP, a company that produces golf accessories, and Premier Towels (BD) Ltd, a towel manufacturing company.
Earlier, on Saturday, the envoy went to the site of Super Petrochemical Industry located on the southern bank of Karnaphuli river.
The factory, designed by an American firm Chemex, will manufacture petroleum-based industrial solvents and other key precursor chemicals for the first time in Bangladesh.
Once the factory is operational, it will enable Bangladeshi industries to compete more effectively in the global market, said Mozena.
He further said joint ventures between American and Bangladeshi companies, such as this, will generate employment in both countries, and can contribute to the development of Bangladesh's industrial base.
Mozena was accompanied by his wife Grace Mozena, Super Group's Chairman Lutfonessa Ahmed and its Managing Director Selim Ahmed during the visit.