Local firm appointed to salvage sunken Korean ship
A local firm has been appointed yesterday to salvage the North Korean ship MV Hyang Ro Bong that sank in the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port on April 6 after colliding with another ship.
Interport Maritime Limited, representative of the ship's owner firm Sinhung Shipping, appointed the local firm 'Prantik Bengal Salvage and Diving' to rescue the ship.
The Chittagong based company Prantik which is the local partner of Netherlands-based Smit Salvage and US based Titan Salvage, already started preparatory works yesterday, said its officials.
Chief executive of Interport Maritime Captain Mohiuddin Abdul Kader and Prantik Managing Director Golum Sarwar signed an agreement yesterday in this regard.
Captain Kader hoped that the sunken ship could be salvaged by the middle of June.
Golum Sarwar, however, said it might take three to four months to complete the salvage.
“We would try to complete the job as soon as possible”, he said adding “Everything depends on weather”.
Earlier, Interport Maritime Limited as representative of the ship's owner firm, officially pledged for salvaging the ship in a meeting with the officials of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) on April 12.
Immediately after the sinking, CPA sent a letter to the owner of the ship to take steps.
Usually CPA is responsible for salvaging any sunken ship if the owner authority failed to respond.
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