Bangladesh competes with Japan and China for ship exports

Bangladesh is known mostly as a shipbreaking nation, with dozens of ageing container vessels heading towards its southern coast for scrap.

However, in recent years it has also emerged as a shipbuilding country.

Shipbuilding yards in Bangladesh are now exporting small and medium-sized ships for the highly competitive European market.

Since 2008, Bangladeshi yards have manufactured and exported ferries, cargo vessels, and ocean-going multi-purpose ships worth more than $500m (£320m).

The vessels were built for countries including Denmark, Germany and Finland.

The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Chittagong on Bangladesh's attempts to challenge the world's shipbuilding giants China, Japan and South Korea.