Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday said no shipping accident took place in the country in the last three years as the ship owners and workers and the common people are now more conscious, reports BSS.

"The incidence of shipping accident has reduced drastically.

The ministry has strengthened monitoring to check different irregularities...And now the ship owners, workers and the common people are more conscious," he said while inaugurating the Maritime Safety Week-2018 at Shishu Academy.

Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Shipping Ministry Major (Retd.) Rafiqul Islam, lawmakers Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury and Jebunnessa Afroze and Director General of Department of Shipping Commodore Syed Ariful Islam, among others, addressed the inaugural function.