State shipowner Bangladesh Shipping Corp (BSC) has launched a $22.8m insurance claim after one of its bulkers was shelled off Ukraine.
The 38,894-dwt Banglar Samriddhi (built 2018) was hit by a rocket off the port of Olvia at the start of March, killing its third engineer, Hadisur Rahman.
The claim has been made from state-owned life insurer and reinsurer Sadharan Bima Corp, the Business Standard reported.
