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Bangladesh has given initial backing to a privately financed $1bn shipbuilding and repair complex at the emerging Matarbari deepsea port. The Ministry of Shipping has granted in-principle approval for the Matarbari Green Dockyard and Shipbuilding Facility and forwarded the unsolicited proposal to the country’s Public-Private Partnership Authority for technical and financial appraisal. Australia-based AIS Marine …