Background of the Organisation
During liberation war the communication system in this region was totally disrupted.
As a result, there was acute problem in transportation of food grains, POL, essential
imported goods, other cargo, vehicles and passengers. Under this circumstances, Govt.
felt it necessary to rebuild and rehabilitated the disrupted transport system for easy
and safe transportation both in Inland and Coastal areas by establishing a Govt. transport
organisation. With this end in view, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC)
was established in the public sector by the Govt. in 1972 with the then East Pakistan Shipping
Corporation, the only Govt. organisation and other 9 number of private shipping companies.
Legal Status
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation was established in the year 1972 under the
Presidential Order (P.O.) No.28 with one Govt. and ten private organisations as under:
| No. |
Name of the organization |
Number of Vessel |
| 01 |
The East Pakistan Shipping Corporation (Govt. owned) |
39 |
| 02 |
The Pakistan River Steamers Limited (Private) |
321 |
| 03 |
The Chalna Lighterage Limited (Private) |
31 |
| 04 |
The Orient Water Transport (Private) |
9 |
| 05 |
The Pakbay Company Limited (Private) |
106 |
| 06 |
The Pakistan Flotilla Company Limited (Private) |
44 |
| 07 |
The United Shipping Lines Limited (Private) |
26 |
| 08 |
The S.A. Sustari And Company Limited (Private) |
5 |
| 09 |
The S.B. Industries. |
3 |
| 10 |
The Shohagpur Transport Service Limited (Private)
(The organisation with all its assets and manpower
returned to its owner later on)
|
24 |
| Total |
608 |
Organisational Set-up
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) was established under Presidential Order
No. 28 in 1972. The affairs of the Corporation are managed by a Board of Directors. The Board
of Directors consists of Chairman and four Directors. They are full-time officers of the
Corporation. The Chairman and other Directors are appointed by the Government. The Chairman
is the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
ORGANISATIONAL SET-UP OF BIWTC:
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Manning Scale of BIWTC:
| CATEGORY |
APPROVED BY MOS 1995 |
EXISTING (01.03.2006) |
RECOMMENDED BY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM COMMISSION (PARC) |
| |
SHORE |
FLOATING |
TOTAL |
SHORE |
FLOATING |
TOTAL |
SHORE |
FLOATING |
TOTAL |
| Class-I |
169 |
0 |
169 |
121 |
0 |
121 |
125 |
0 |
125 |
| Class-II |
129 |
310 |
439 |
91 |
208 |
299 |
98 |
250 |
348 |
| Total |
298 |
310 |
608 |
212 |
208 |
420 |
223 |
250 |
473 |
| |
| Class-III |
1262 |
1030 |
2292 |
941 |
614 |
1555 |
842 |
771 |
1613 |
| Class-IV |
571 |
1309 |
1880 |
377 |
866 |
1243 |
320 |
1134 |
1454 |
| Total |
1833 |
2339 |
4172 |
1318 |
1480 |
2798 |
1162 |
1905 |
3067 |
| CASUAL |
|
| GRAND TOTAL |
2131 |
2649 |
4780 |
1530 |
1688 |
3218 |
1385 |
2155 |
3540 |
|
