Ship building continues to hold great prospect for Bangladesh for small to mid-size ocean going vessels. South Korea is the largest ship building nation in the world now but they are busy building the biggest ships that leaves a great opportunity for Bangladesh for smaller ships.
German based shipping line “Grona Shipping” took the the delivery of two vessels from Western Marine Shipyards Ltd in Chittagong on 29 July 2011. The vessels EMSTIDE & EMSWAVE are the third among six pairs of 5200 DWT “Ice Class”- vessels. They will soon sail in the North and Baltic Sea and are equipped to sustain extremely cold (cyrogenic) weather conditions. The ships are certified by Germanischer Lloyd.