Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CDDL), formerly an enterprise of

Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইস্পাত ও প্রকৌশল কর্পোরেশন) or BSEC, is a government owned corporation in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Steel and Engine ...

, is a state-owned military ship repair facility based in

Chittagong Port The Chittagong Port ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the main seaport of Bangladesh. Located in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port handles over 90 percent of Bangladesh' ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. CDDL is one of the largest ship repair facilities in East and South Asian region, and one of the three shipyards owned and operated by the

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area, and the defence of imp ...

History

Chittagong Dry Dock Limited was formerly owned by

, built to function complementary to

Chittagong Port Authority Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical m ...

. It is located in

Patenga Patenga ( bn, পতেঙ্গা) is a sea beach of the Bay of Bengal, located south from the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. It is near to the mouth of the Karnaphuli River. The beach is very close to the Bangladesh Naval Academy of th ...

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

. It was built to repair and service ships that dock in Chittagong port. On 23 December 2015 the dock was transferred to

. In 2014 the dock started the construction of its first cargo ship. In 2015 the Dry dock built a six entrance footbridge for Sylhet City. In 2019, ''Chittagong Dry Dock Limited'' was awarded the contract to build six heavy duty offshore patrol vessels(OPV)s for the Bangladesh Navy. These ships will replace the Island-class OPVs.

Projects

2,000 tonnes OPV

Under the second phase of the FG2030 naval modernization plan, the Bangladesh Navy signed a contract with CDDL for six 2,000-tonnes

offshore patrol vessel A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...

. The OPV's are intended to guard Bangladesh's Exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Bangladesh Navy frigate project

Chittagong Dry Dock has been awarded the contract to undertake the frigate program of the Bangladesh Navy. In the bid to transform from a buyer's navy to builder's navy, the Bangladesh Navy realized its ambitious plan to introduce 6 indigenously built guided missile frigates by 2030. The frigates will incorporate

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, helicopter hangar and state-of-the-art hardware. In 2018, Commodore Mohammad Nazmul Karim said, two frigates will be commissioned in 2022, two by 2025 and two by 2030. However as of March 2021, with the current progress, shipbuilding is likely to be delayed for several more years. Shipbuilding may be further delayed due to the

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