An Interview with Mohammed Shahedual Quadar LIST Alumni from Bangladesh

Interview with Mohamed Quadar, a London Institute of Shipping and Transport Alumni, now pursuing further studies under a “Commonwealth Scholarship” in London on the strength of his academic achievements at LIST.


Mohammed Quadar 31 years old from Chittagong, Bangladesh who has recently completed the following courses at LIST:-

• Post-graduate Diploma in Maritime Management (Distinction)
• Diploma in Shipping Management

What is your previous work experience?

Prior to joining LIST, I worked for 3 ½ years for QC Containers Line a ship owning company in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Prior to that I have worked for another shipping company. My employers had given me leave to study in London

Why did you come to London to study at LIST?

The course at LIST is very well established and that it is a career building course, that is suitable for someone wanting to make a career in the many aspects of shipping management. For example, ship brokering and covers the many different aspects of ship management, building, shipping finance, shipping economics and maritime law.

The risks in the shipping industry are high and that good management can be effective and prevent loss of investment.

Is the course suitable for someone from Asia?

The course is very suitable for both Europeans and Asian students and that the interaction between the very varied student body from some of the worlds major shipping nations is a very valuable experience. For Example, Greece, Norway, Turkey India, Ghana, Lebanon, Syria, Brazil Sri Lanka, Bahrain and Korea, Italy and Germany to name but a few.

What has surprised me is the very high percentage of students from Greece on the course and that this must be very indicative of the high standard. I was the only Bangladeshi student.

How valuable do you think it is to study Shipping Management?

Strong management is required for the shipping industry.

Moreover, professional shipping management can go a long way towards initiating economic growth of the shipping industry within a country.

Why London and not the US or Australia?

Firstly, London has world wide recognition, as the centre of the shipping industry that all the major shipping organisations are in London for example International Maritime Organisation (IMO) the Baltic Exchange, Lloyds and BIMCOM.

Secondly, that I wanted to obtain a quality degree in shipping management.

Why not study in Bangladesh?

Whilst there is a marine academy for nautical engineers and ships masters, there is no opportunity to study management in relation to the shipping business.

Do you think that you can contribute to your country's economy?

Bangladesh has a lots of resources and goods shipping management is one of the key to the future. Without management a country is like a ship without a captain.

A captain can control his ship in abnormal situations and accordingly a good leader with management skills qualities, is able to control his companies resources for maximum output.

What do you plan to do, when you have finished the course?

My aims was to get a good position in the shipping industry, and to be involved in the development of the shipping industry in Bangladesh from the viewpoint of management discipline, technology, operations, marketing and to establish good communication.

If theory and practice works together, both companies and countries can get maximise output.

However, on the strength of the distinction that I was awarded for the courses I studied at LIST,  I have been able to obtain a Commonwealth Scholarship to study another course prior to returning to Bangladesh.
 

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