Dos Maritime day Audio

Bangladesh has a strong connection to water and utilizes its maritime and river transportation for goods and passengers. The Department of Shipping, under the Ministry of Shipping, ensures safety and facilitates trade. The shipping industry was revitalized after the Liberation War in 1971. The Department oversees vessel registration and inspection, surveys inland vessels, and approves vessel designs. They also establish maritime security measures and a distress response system. Bangladesh is an active member of the International Maritime Organization and has enacted policies for sustainable shipping and safety improvement. The Department is responsible for developing academic curricula and certification. With the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, digitization efforts have made services more accessible and efficient for seafarers. Bangladesh's seafarers have a good reputation globally and contribute to the country's revenue. The Ministry and Department are committed to achievi Bangladesh, as a maritime and river and country, offers a rich combination of transportation of goods and passengers, though maritime and inland waterway. Her people's connection with the water is a tale as old as time. Under the Ministry of Shipping, Department of Shipping is a statutory body established under the Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1983, MSO, and Inland Shipping Ordinance 1976 to deal with all matters relating to shipping policy and legislation, implementation of various international conventions, and other mandatory regulations of the International Maritime Organization and International Labor Organization. And she is also known as the Maritime Safety Administrator of Bangladesh. The prime goal of the Department of Shipping is to ensure maximum safety of life and goods on the maritime routes and to facilitate trade. After our glorious victory in Liberation War of 1971, the shipping industry was completely revamped under the leadership of Bangaban Houshik Mujibur Rahman. He decorated the position of Minister of Shipping from 1974 to 1975. Under his able leadership, the shipping industry of newborn Bangladesh took a new path of development. Our Honorable Minister of State, Mr. Khaled Mama Chowdhury, has ensured the constant growth and development of this sector. Mercantile marine offices in Chattogram, Kulna, and Pira oversee the registration of new vessels and their inspection under MSO 1983 on behalf of the Department of Shipping. All seabound, coastal, and fishing vessels are surveyed and registered here. This office also carry out flag state and port state control inspection for foreign flagged vessels under Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding. Under the supervision of Chief Engineer and Ship Surveyor, yearly more than 16,000 inland vessels have been surveyed through five offices in Dhaka, Chattogram, Noriyonganj, Kulna, Barisal, Bairab, Teldate. Ship Surveyors survey the ships to ensure that our ships are safe, seaworthy, and have approved manning. Vessel designs are subject to digital approval from the Department of Shipping. All shipyards, dockyards, shipbuilders, and workshops are registered under the Department of Shipping and need to follow the guidelines provided by Department of Shipping and Inland Shipping Ordinance 1976. Our maritime borders are a vast territory. To ensure maritime security and a quick response to a distress call from a ship, Department of Shipping has established the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, GMDSS, an integrated maritime navigation system control center. This has further increased safety, security, pollution prevention, and conducts prompt search and rescue operations. The Government Shipping Office in Chattogram assists marine officers and crew to obtain continuous discharge certificate, agreement with owner, digital roaster management, and sign-on slash off assistance for boarding and disembarking from ships. Bangladesh is an active member of the International Maritime Organization, IMO, and has ratified 26 IMO conventions slash protocols. In the recent times, Department of Shipping has recently enacted a number of act and policies for developing sustainable shipping and improving safety, security, and pollution prevention. The Department of Shipping is responsible for developing academic curricula, assessment, and certification. With the up-to-date IMO convention, such as STCW, there are currently 14 maritime training institutes for officers and two crew training institutes run by the Government. Bangladesh is a signatory in the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 and is playing an active role for the welfare of seafarers following the convention. With the visionary leadership of our Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we are sailing towards the destination of Vision 2041 on the correct path of digitization and transparency. Our digitization effort is helping all the stakeholders and seafarers to get most of their services online. Seafarers are now fascinated to apply and get the certificates online even when they're on voyage. All seafarers and their certificate information is available online to ensure international bodies can verify crew information. Through digitalized machine-readable ID cards, our seafarers benefit from easy arrival and departure from foreign ports, joining a ship, and shore leave. Our seafarers are with the highest standard of professionalism, earn foreign remittances, and good name for the country both at sea and shore. Our safety mariners are serving globally in various maritime administrations, ship management companies, classification societies, shipyards, and even various IMO organs. Shipping is a major source of revenue for Bangladesh. The Ministry of Shipping and the Department of Shipping is working relentlessly and committed to fulfilling the national targets of 2030 Sudanese Pounds, Vision 2041, and Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100.