IMO secy gen meets PM, Industries Minister
Prime
Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Thursday sought more cooperation from the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for maritime development of the
country, reports UNB.
"Bangladesh
needs more support and cooperation of the IMO for the country's maritime
development," she said when IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu paid a
courtesy call on her.
PM's
Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed journalists after the meeting at the
PM's official residence Gonobhaban.
The
PM informed the visiting IMO secretary general that the government has taken
various steps for further flourishing the shipbuilding industry in the country.
The
shipbuilding industry is booming and the country is exporting ships to
different countries of the world, she said.
Sheikh
Hasina requested the IMO secretary general to extend technical cooperation and
training for Bangladeshi seafarers.
She
also sought IOM's help to reinstate Bangladesh in the Board of Governors of the
World Maritime University as a representative of the developing world.
In
response, the IMO secretary general appreciated Bangladesh's progress in
shipbuilding and ship-recycling industry. "The country has huge a
potential in this sector," he said.
Koji
Sekimizu also put emphasis on giving more attention to the issues of
environment and healthcare of the workers.
Shipping
Minister Shajahan Khan, Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin, PM's Press Secretary
Abul Kalam Azad and PM's Special Assistant Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap were present
during the meeting.
Another
BSS report adds: International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on Thursday
expressed the interest to provide technical support for development of the ship
recycling and breaking industries in the country.
At
a meeting with Industries Minister Dilip Barua in the city, visiting IMO
Secretary General Koji Sekimizu said the planned support would help reduce
workers' health hazard in the workplace.
Shipping
Secretary Syed Monjurul Islam, Industries Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin
Abdullah, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Industries GM Joinal Abedin
Bhuiyan and IMO high officials were present during the meeting.
Dilip
Barua said the government has been working for building green shipbuilding,
ship breaking and recycling industries.
In
doing so, he said, it has already formulated the Ship Breaking and Ship
Recycling Policy-2011.
He
sought IMO support for a model shipyard and modern waste damping yard.
He
drew attention to the visiting IMO Secretary General for training of both
owners and workers in the shipbreaking and recycling industries.
Source: the financial express. 28 June 2013
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