Western Marine exports ship to Tanzania today

CHITTAGONG, Nov 2: Western Marine Shipyard ships a newly-constructed aluminium body catamaran type passenger ship to Tanzania tomorrow (November 3).

The ship, named MV Dar Es Salam, was mounted on another heavy carrier mother vessel at the Chittagong port for shipment to Tanzania.

The ship has the capacity of carrying 300 passengers. It will be used by the Tanzania Ministry of Transportation to carry passengers through the inland waterways. Western Marine received the work order for the new ship through the Danish company JGH Marine.

The ship is 38 metres long and will be able to travel at a speed of 20 knots an hour. Catamaran ships are very safe for voyages and even more stable than other types of ships as they are especially designed with twin hulls.

The shipyard management said Africa is a big market for Bangladeshi ship builders and there are a lot of opportunities in Africa yet to be explored. Western Marine is also building one offshore patrol vessel for Kenya and they expect to deliver it by 2016.