Danish, Emirati firms eye big investments in Bangladesh ports

DAVOS, Jan 23 (UNB): The United Arab Emirates-based DP World and Denmark-based A.P. Moller-Maersk on Thursday expressed interest in making big investments in Bangladesh's shipping industry to help the country build new ports along the coast of the Bay of Bengal and become a major global export hub.

AP Moller - Maersk is a Danish shipping and logistics company while DP World is a leading provider of smart logistics solutions, enabling the flow of trade across the globe.

The two leading companies came up with the proposals when Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World, and Robert Maersk Uggla, Chair of A.P. Moller-Maersk, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the Swiss city during the World Economic Forum annual meeting.

Dr Yunus invited the DP World and A.P. Moller-Maersk officials to visit Dhaka with concrete investment proposals.

"We have to build a series of ports along the coast of the Bay of Bengal to use our full potential as a regional business hub," said the Chief Adviser, welcoming FDI for capacity building of Bangladesh ports.