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Boustead Naval Shipyard is a one-stop centre for defense and maritime needs. Covering an area of 46 hectares, it was originally known as the Royal Malaysia Navy Dockyard became fully operational in 1984. The Company was corporatised in 1991 and subsequently privatised in 1995 as PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd.
In 2005, the Company was taken over by Boustead Holdings, a diversified Malaysian business conglomerate belonging to the Armed Forces Provident Fund, and the Company’s name was changed in August of the same year to Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn. Bhd.
Strategically located within the main base of Royal Malaysian Navy, Lumut, Perak. Boustead Naval Shipyard is part of the Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation or BHIC, a public listed company on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, along with its other associated companies, Boustead Penang Shipyard and Boustead Langkawi Shipyard.more
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Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (Formerly an enterprise of Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation, currently operating under Bangladesh Navy) was created as a complementary facility to Chittagong Port Authority to cater regular and emergency repair needs of the national flag carrier vessels as well as vessels those touch Chittagong Port. The design and construction of the project was done with Yugoslav technical assistance and its commercial operation started in July 1985.
CDDL is the only dry dock in Bangladesh, located on the bank of river Karnaphuli on 48 acres of land within Chittagong Port Area. Its 183 meter grave dock can dock vessels up to 22,000 DWT. Besides, CDDL can perform a wide range of medium to heavy engineering works to support local industries including complete vessel renovation and conversion. This versatile dockyard has more than 40 years experience in the business.
On 23rd December 2015, CDDL was handed over to Bangladesh Navy (BN) and now being operated under the management of BN as state owned limited company. CDDL is now expanding its facilities by introducing 2nd dry dock and developing infrastructure for building naval and commercial vessels for both domestic and international market.more
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