Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is a state-owned, autonomous corporation in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. It owns a number of ships and oil tankers, and also charters sea-going vessels from other operators. The vessels are used to carry ready-made garments and other export items, and also to import crude oil from Saudi Arabia and UAE.

History

In 1971, Pakistan's National Shipping Corporation took all the merchant fleet. Beginning in 1972, Bangladesh inherited no merchant vessel registered under its flag. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman realized the importance of the shipping sector at that time. On 5 February 1972, he established 'Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) under the President Order no-10 of 1972. On 10 June of the same year, BSC acquired the first national ship 'Banglar Doot' which was the first registered ship in independent Bangladesh. Soon after, BSC acquired 'Banglar Sampad' History of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
. It purchased its first ship in 1974. The ship was named ''Banglar Doot'' (Ambassador of Bengal). As of 2001, the corporation owned 13 ships, two of which are oil tankers. In March 2022, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation requested $22.4M from its insurer, Sadharan Bima Corporation, after its cargo ship Banglar Samriddhi was hit by a missile while docked at the Olvia port in Ukraine during the

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Headquarters

The main headquarters is in the port city of

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

. There are branch offices in both

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and

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

. Although it is a semi-autonomous body, the minister of shipping of the Government of Bangladesh acts as the chairman of the corporation. The corporation also run its own modern marine workshop in Chittagong.

References

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Bangladesh Shipping Corporation

Chittagong Port Ship Service
Transport companies established in 1972 Companies based in Chittagong Government-owned companies of Bangladesh 1972 establishments in Bangladesh Shipping companies of Bangladesh Companies in the DSE 30 Index Sheikh Mujibur Rahman administration initiatives {{Bangladesh-company-stub