[1] Supported by the French NGO Watever,[2] it aims to develop a modern, safe, and responsible nautical production industry in the country.

[4][5] In 2004, Marre founded the Taratari shipyard for Friendship's needs, aiming to build a second floating hospital and two ambulance catamarans with fiberglass.

[8] Van Peteghem also helped Marre design the first fiberglass prototype of a "Masdoris", a traditionally-shaped fishing boat from Kuakata, Bangladesh.

[2] In 2010, Taratari convinced the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the FAO, of the need to improve and renovate traditional Bengali boats.

In 2011, UNICEF ordered 7 transport boats of the "Mandoris" type for carrying children from the islands of Kaptai Lake to school.

[13] Taratari is the only shipyard in Bangladesh to both design and produce its vessels, to train its teams in shipbuilding by international standards, and to regulate the use of composite materials, steel, and wood.