Enhanced growth demands investment in dredging
FE Report | Wednesday, 9 March 2011
FE Report
The country's economic growth is demanding more and more importance to investing in river dredging by formulating an integrated plan to improve the water-based traffic activities, experts said at a seminar Tuesday. They attached importance to increasing private investment in the dredging sector to improve navigability throughout the country without any delay and said it would help the country reduce pressure on the already overburdened road and port infrastructures. The seminar on dredging was arranged by Holland-based organisation IHC Merwede, in which shipping minister Shahjahan Khan addressed as chief guest. Dutch ambassador to Bangladesh AJAJMG Hennekens also spoke. A large number of Bangladesh dredging experts, consultants and local shipyards participated in it. Managing Director of IHC Holland Arie Koervaar said the country has no other options other than to invest increasingly in river dredging along with buying dredgers and managing them properly to ensure continuation of the country's economic growth. He said an integrated plan in this regard can ensure balanced development of the sector involving all related stakeholders and sharing know-how. "Buying a dredger is not a simple matter of purchase and operation," he said adding that it has relationship with developing network with the participation of different professional groups to improve the standard.
The country's economic growth is demanding more and more importance to investing in river dredging by formulating an integrated plan to improve the water-based traffic activities, experts said at a seminar Tuesday. They attached importance to increasing private investment in the dredging sector to improve navigability throughout the country without any delay and said it would help the country reduce pressure on the already overburdened road and port infrastructures. The seminar on dredging was arranged by Holland-based organisation IHC Merwede, in which shipping minister Shahjahan Khan addressed as chief guest. Dutch ambassador to Bangladesh AJAJMG Hennekens also spoke. A large number of Bangladesh dredging experts, consultants and local shipyards participated in it. Managing Director of IHC Holland Arie Koervaar said the country has no other options other than to invest increasingly in river dredging along with buying dredgers and managing them properly to ensure continuation of the country's economic growth. He said an integrated plan in this regard can ensure balanced development of the sector involving all related stakeholders and sharing know-how. "Buying a dredger is not a simple matter of purchase and operation," he said adding that it has relationship with developing network with the participation of different professional groups to improve the standard.