Japan to set up ship recycling facilities in Ctg

Japan will set up ship recycling facilities, especially Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs), in the Chattogram area.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki had a meeting at the Industries Ministry in Dhaka where they discussed the issue, read a press release.

During the meeting, Humayun mentioned Bangladesh’s historically friendly relations with Japan and said that Japan is making an important contribution to the socioeconomic development and industrialisation of Bangladesh.

Ito Naoki said Japan will help Bangladesh in all possible ways to comply with the conditions of “The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong Convention)”.

He presented multiple alternative proposals for setting up ship recycling facilities in Chattogram Mirsarai and Sitakunda areas.

Additional Secretary of the Industries Ministry Sheikh Faizul Amin and Chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) Shah Md Imdadul Haque, among others, were present at the meeting.