Ship and boat manufacturer in Bangladesh

Buying ships and boats in Bangladesh

Shipyards on the Karnaphuli in Chattogram (Chittagong), around Narayanganj and Dhaka, and in Khulna build coastal cargo vessels, tugs, pontoons, passenger vessels, fishing trawlers and dredgers, and some build sea-going ships to class for foreign owners. At home, the buyers are inland and coastal operators, port and river authorities and dredging contractors. A vessel is a project, not a product, so contract terms matter as much as price.

A ship and boat manufacturer in Bangladesh builds to a contract, drawings and class rules, so the specification and survey regime decide the result. Roptan turns your requirement into one technical specification, sources from verified yards, checks drawing approval, surveyor attendance, trials and certificates, and arranges delivery. You deal with Roptan only, or post the requirement on our board.

Ships and boats we source

What to send a ship and boat manufacturer in Bangladesh

Service and route

Describe the cargo or duty, route, channel depths and weather limits: river, coastal or open sea. They decide hull form, draught, freeboard and the rules the vessel is built to.

Main particulars

Give length overall, breadth, depth, design draught, deadweight or passenger numbers, and any gross tonnage limit if fees or crewing rules depend on it.

Class and flag

Name the class society and notation and the flag. Class approves drawings and attends building; the flag issues statutory certificates. Changing either after design approval costs time and money.

Propulsion and maker's list

State engine power in kW, speed, fuel, gearbox and propeller, generator capacity, deck machinery and navigation equipment, each by type and origin, with service support where the vessel works.

Materials and welding

Hull steel with class certificates, such as grade A or AH36, plate thickness, the coating system with dry film thickness in microns, and weld testing agreed with class.

Trials and acceptance

Define trials for speed, endurance, manoeuvring, anchoring and steering, bollard pull for tugs, and the inclining experiment, with the figures that count as a pass.

Heat and river water

Tropical heat needs engine room ventilation and air-conditioned accommodation; silt-laden river water needs strainers and cooling systems that can be cleaned easily.

Class, statutory rules and handover certificates

IACS member class society

Sea-going vessels are built to the rules of a class society, which approves drawings, attends building and issues class certificates. Ask for the yard's past vessels under the society you name.

Department of Shipping

Bangladesh's maritime administration: it registers Bangladesh-flag vessels, inland ones included, and issues their survey and fitness certificates.

SOLAS, MARPOL and Load Lines

International conventions on safety, pollution prevention and freeboard for ships on international voyages, where size and type bring them in, with certificates from the flag state or class.

Stability booklet and inclining test

An approved stability booklet based on the inclining experiment, giving loading conditions for the master. No vessel should be handed over without it.

Builder's certificate and protocol of delivery

The papers that transfer the vessel and let you register it: builder's certificate, protocol of delivery and acceptance, and bill of sale.

What moves the price of a vessel

• Steel weight: lightship weight, plate thickness and class steel grades drive hull cost, and steel prices move over a long build.
• Main engine, gearbox and propulsion, usually imported: power, origin and service support take a large share of the contract price.
• Class and flag: survey fees, drawing approvals and certified materials; a classed vessel costs more but insures and resells more easily.
• Outfitting: accommodation, air conditioning, navigation and communication equipment.
• Trials, guarantees and delivery: sea trials, bank refund guarantees for stage payments, delivery voyage or heavy-lift shipping.

Lead times and delivery

Small craft, pontoons and river vessels typically take 3 to 9 months from contract, and larger coastal vessels, tugs, trawlers and dredgers 9 to 18 months. Imported engines and equipment, class drawing approval, the yard's order book and the monsoon, which slows outdoor work, set the pace. Roptan confirms milestone dates in the quote and contract.

For owners in Bangladesh, the vessel is handed over at the yard or delivered under its own power after trials, with its survey certificates, the stability booklet, as-built drawings, manuals, the spare parts list, trial reports and the guarantee terms, usually 12 months. The yard supports registration and crew familiarisation. You receive a VAT invoice (Mushak 6.3) where it applies.

Buying ships and boats for export

For foreign owners, delivery is usually at the yard under a protocol of delivery and acceptance, since a vessel is delivered under the shipbuilding contract rather than FOB. It then sails with a delivery crew, goes on a heavy-lift ship or under tow; small craft and pontoons ship as deck cargo from Chattogram. Documents: builder's certificate, bill of sale, class and statutory certificates, stability booklet, export papers, certificate of origin, drawings and manuals.

What we check for this order

• Trade licence and ERCCurrent, and in the name on the contract, so export documents and payment papers match the yard.
• Class approval and recordsApproved drawings, class surveyor attendance records and hull steel certificates checked at each milestone, and similar vessels the yard has delivered.
• Guarantee and spare parts in writingGuarantee period and cover, how defects abroad are handled, and the spare parts supplied with the vessel.
• A visit to the yardBefore the contract we see the slipway, steel stock, welding, a vessel under construction, past deliveries and how the yard launches.