Shipping Management

By: Ahmed Muztuba Mainuddin

What is shipping management?

Shipping management means providing a complete range of integrated marine services required by the clients for managing their vessels.

Integrated Marine Services

Commercial Management Technical Ship Management Crew Management Port and Terminal Management Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Bunker Services

Types of Shipping

Cargo Vessels

Container Vessels

Oil Tankers

What is the significance of shipping in Bangladesh?

Carries more than 90% of the global trade
Plays an important role in the world trade,
commerce and economically

Country depends heavily on the sea borne

trade

Commodity wise last three years sea borne trade in Bangladesh

Import
SL. No. COMMODITY YEAR

2004
1 2 3 Food-Grain Cement & C. Clinker Fertilizer 932,156 6,263,030 805,201

2005
1,253,284 6,289,056 1,376,838

2006
1,792,022 7,152,758 1,314,574

4
5 6 7 8 9 10

Iron Material
Edible Oil POL Rape Seeds Sugar Rock Phos. General Cargo Total =

648,355
1,038,225 3,652,903 181,345 548,006 191,549 5,904,068 20,164,838

704,284
1,177,094 3,978,342 124,227 956,014 199,586 6,872,075 22,930,800

630,122
1,058,390 3,728,988 121,950 505,884 261,205 7,819,044 24,384,937

Export
SL. No Commodity Year 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006

1
2 3

Garments
Jute Jute product

825, 512
272, 081 299, 949

920, 432
227, 917 347, 839

1, 321, 794
278, 018 428, 610

4
5

Shrimp
Frozen Goods

28, 643
30, 015

33, 465
37, 861

36, 668
48, 325

6
7 8 9 10

Leather
Tea Naphtha Fertilizer General Cargo Total =

32, 488
27, 833 83, 386 297, 256 819, 026 2, 716, 189

22, 082
20, 407 70, 669 361, 034 891, 055 2, 932, 761

3, 833
3, 873 112, 341 289, 660 670, 880 3, 194, 002

Is it beneficial for the economy of Bangladesh?

International shipping plays vital role in Bangladesh economy. Being a maritime nation with two sea ports, namely the Chittagong port and the Mongla port, Bangladesh depends heavily on sea borne trade. In 2006 alone about 27.5 tons of cargo, equaling more than 80% of total export-import of the country, was carried by sea.

Both the public and the private sectors are equally engaged in the shipping business in Bangladesh totaling a cargo carrying capacity of about 413935 DWT. This share only 1.45% of total sea borne cargo carried in and out of Bangladesh last year. Moreover, cumulative cargo carrying capacity of public and private shipping companies has remained fairly static over the last twenty years, strongly suggesting that there are ample opportunities for further development of the shipping sector of Bangladesh

Last Three Year Shipping Company Wise Sea Borne Trade In Bangladesh

Year: 2004
Company Name Bangladesh Shipping Corporation HRC Shipping Lines Ltd Continental Liner Agency Ltd Ben Marines Ltd Ben Oceans Lines Ltd Midland Shipping Lines Ltd United Sea Lines Ltd Bangladesh Flag Carried Total Foreign Flag Carried Total Total Sea Borne Trade Export 2, 36, 473 Import 2, 23, 477 Total 4, 59, 950

2, 49, 415
----29, 384 12, 673 68, 087 -----5, 96, 032 21, 20, 157 27, 16, 189

5, 16, 451
1, 27, 950 58, 101 46, 147 63, 270 983 10, 36, 379 1, 91, 28459 2, 01, 64, 838

7, 65, 866
1, 27, 950 87, 485 58, 820 1, 31, 357 983 16, 32, 411 2, 12, 48, 618 2, 28, 81, 027

Company Name Bangladesh Shipping Corporation HRC Shipping Lines Ltd Continental Liner Agency Ltd Ben Marine Lines Ltd Ben Ocean Lines Ltd Midland Shipping Lines Ltd Brave Royal Shipping Lines Ltd S.R. Shipping Lines Ltd Bangladesh Flag Ships Carried Total Foreign Flag Ships Carried Total Total Sea Borne Trade

Export

Year: 2005
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Import

Total 3, 03, 740 14, 40, 810 2, 42, 931 1, 07, 358 23, 768 55, 026 4, 75, 100 89, 216 27, 37, 949 2, 31, 25, 612 2, 58, 63, 561

1, 64, 850 3, 73, 299

1, 38890 10, 67, 511 2, 42, 931 76, 337 13, 800 35, 478 4, 75, 100 89, 216 21, 39, 263 2, 07, 91, 537 2, 29, 30, 800

31, 021 9, 968 19, 548 --------5, 98, 686 23, 34, 075 29, 32, 761

Year: 2006
Company Name Bangladesh Shipping Corporation HRC Shipping Line Ltd Continental Liner Agency Ltd Brave Royal Shipping Lines S.R. Shipping Lines Ltd Bangladesh Flag Ships Carried Total Foreign Flag Ships Carried Total Total Sea Borne Trade Export 1, 52, 748 3, 72, 875 --------------5, 25, 623 26, 68, 379 31, 94, 002 Import 2, 83, 837 9, 68, 233 1, 09, 744 4, 39, 400 87, 100 18, 88, 314 2, 24, 96, 623 2, 43, 84, 937 Total 4, 36, 585 13, 41, 108 1, 09, 744 4, 39, 400 87, 100 24, 13, 937 2, 51, 65, 002 2, 75, 78, 939

Advantages of shipping

Shipping is the most efficient, secure and safe means of transporting more than 90 percent of global trade.
For vast majority of cargoes like fuel, food, component parts, commodities and finished goods there is simply no viable alternative other than shipping. Shipping is the least environmentally damaging form of commercial transport while taking into consideration the productive value of the activity.

Any form of transport other than shipping to move some 90 percent of global trade would be unthinkably high while taking into consideration both the economic and environmental costs. Shipping is a very positive force for sustainable development. The imports and exports that generate global trade are all carried by sea and developing countries like Bangladesh can, and do, become major participants in the industry itself, generating income and creating wealth in the process.

Disadvantages of shipping
Ships can create serious environmental issues such as oil
pollution or marine pollution either through accidents or poor operating practices by dumping wastes at sea or using harmful paints or coatings on ships hulls. airfreight or other transports, still regulations and capacitybuilding measures need to be developed and implemented to reduce the emission. Otherwise shipping might pose threats to the global environment.

Even though ships produce less CO2 emissions compared to

Leakages of oil, noxious liquid substances or garbage thrown

to the sea water might become a threat to several aquatic life forms if not properly regulated.

Conclusion
Shipping has begun a new revolution from the late 16th century. At the beginning people used to deliver goods by roads, using horse carts or trailers pulled by tractors. Then gradually people started building ships/vessels for transporting goods across the world and later on built airplanes. Now shipping has become a very positive force making a major contribution to global prosperity in a way that has relatively small negative impact on the global environment while comparing to other forms of transportation of global trade. The imports and exports that generate global trade are all carried by sea and even the poor and rich countries can benefit from seaborne trade by generating income and creating wealth in the process.

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