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Khulna Shipyard (KSY) has been developed into a leading operating enterprise in
the field of repair of ships and new shipbuilding's. You know that from the ancient
days, sea has been extensively used for exploiting resources, transportation of
goods for the economic development and civilization. During those days, sea
going ships were the main source of transportation and ship building capacity was
a great advantage for the nations. Bangladesh as a maritime nation has a bright
history of shipbuilding. Many of the foreign nations came to this land to build/buy
sea-going ships. However, due to many reasons she could not maintain that
standard of building sea/ocean going ships. However, once again, in 60’s many of
the ship building industries started to build many vessels of different sizes. Thus,
KSY started her journey in 1957.
Bangladesh is a maritime nation with 40,000 sq nautical miles sea area, which is
enriched with fishery and mineral resources. Moreover, the country is covered by
24,000 km long network of many rivers, canals and water bodies, which occupy
about 11% of her total area. Thus, shipbuilding and ship-repair industries are
expected to play a key role in national economic and industrial activities in
Bangladesh. Thereby, it can also solve unemployment problem to a great extent.
Major
Divisions
The major divisions under which different shops and sections carry out the works
are Design and Planning, Shipbuilding, Engineering and Electrical divisions.
(2) Carpentry Shop. All types of wood works, furniture making, paneling,
pattern making for machinery spares are the responsibility of Carpentry shop.
(3) Civil Section. Not only do the civil works onboard ships, it also carries
out the repair and construction work of all building structures of the yard.
DGM Shipbuilding controls all activities of shipbuilding division under the guidance
of GM (Production).
(1) The outdoor section carries out repair and installation of main engines,
generator engines, propulsion system, rudder and steering system including their
manufacturer.
(2) Indoor section is responsible for the fabrication and repair of spares. This
shop carries out repairing of propeller shaft, rudder stalk, bush, pump, capstan
and other accessories.
(3) Foundry shop. Casting of critical machinery spares are done by the
Foundry shop.
(4) The docking section looks after the docking and undocking of ships. The
yard has a slipway having a capacity of docking and undocking of 700 tons
lightweight vessel. We have 8 in number 100m length berths which can
accommodate about 16 to 20 medium size ships.
Crane: 1 x Eight ton capacity and 2 x Five ton capacity berth crane.
Carpentry Shop: Facilities for wood works, painting and sail & rigging.
To prepare estimate.
To prepare offer.
Capabilities
a. Building and repair ships up to 275 ft length and 700 tons lightweight.
c. Production capacity of this yard is 4000 tons steel equivalent per year.
Achievements
With those capabilities, starting from 1957 till today KSY built 644 new ships,
renovated 10 ships & repaired over 1900 vessels. KSY, while under BSEC,
completed 15 New Building of ships for last consecutive 8 yrs before taking over
by BN. KSY, while under BN, completed 30 New Building of ships for consecutive
9 yrs after taking over by BN.
Ongoing works
MV Trishna MPA
M V JHARNA CPA
Owner Job
(Motor Launch)
BNS SURMA 1 BN
KANDARI- Ι Ι 1 CPA
COMCHIT Pontoon 1 BN
COMKHUL Pontoon 1 BN
Pontoon K-003 1 BN
LCVP-12 1 BN
LCT-101 1 BN
LCVP-013 1 BN
BNS Madhumati 1 BN
BNS TISTA 1 BN
d. It has also some manufacturing jobs from Sugar Mills, Dhaka City
Corp and Chittagong City Corp and Khulna City Corp.
POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Potential customers
a. Bangladesh Navy
j. Sugar mills
After taking over, Bangladesh Navy adapted few policies to rescue this yard from
loss and make it a profitable enterprise.
(4) Offering reasonable rate for repair and new building works.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Here is comparative analysis of financial state of KSY during the period before and
after taking over by BN. As you can see in the screen, while under BSEC for 42
years, KSY gained profit for 18 years and incurred loss for 24 years. You can also
see that KSY had undergone losses for consecutive 15 years from 1984 to 1999.
For this reason, government decided to hand over the responsibility of KSY to BN.
The yard has started to make profit from the fiscal year 1999 – 2000 after taking
over by Bangladesh Navy.
FUTURE PLAN
KSY is procuring some machinery & equipments to enhance the capabilities of the
yard. These are:
Auto Shot Blast and Painting Machine Spec preparation under progress.
Shed for CNC Cutting Machine and Auto Shot Blast Machine.
Conclusion
These are the ideas about facilities available in Khulna Shipyard Ltd. I have also
mentioned the prospect of shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh. BN is trying to run
it commercially by appointing naval officers at higher echelon of management.
The naval authority has restored discipline in all spheres and reduced production
cost quite remarkably and managed to make it a profitable organization. We now
emphasize more on quality product in competitive price and timely delivery of
jobs. Despite all limitations, we are putting our effort to run the yard at its
optimum capacities. At the same time we have plan to modernize the shipyard in
phases to meet the future challenges. The nation has entrusted Navy to run KSY
efficiently. We are working very hard to fulfill that task. We look forward to see a
modern shipyard in future with the co-operation of all concerned.
2. Www. Khulnashipyardltd.bd.com.