07 FEB 2020 It is with great pleasure, Bangladesh Marine Academy Alumni Association (BMAAA) announces the appointment of new Commandants in the four new Marine Academies that are coming into operation. All are professionals and experienced instructors in the Bangladesh Marine Academy, Chittagong where they served in various capacities. We …
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08 FEB 2020 The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has released the January 2020 edition of the IACS Blue Book and the accompanying IACS Green Book. The publications summarize the technical output of IACS. The IACS Green Book is designed for daily use and contains all current IACS Resolutions …
Read More »06 FEB 2020 Thanks very much to The Maritime Executive for your kind invitation to rethink our maritime industry’s programs for safe confined space entry and repairs. My name is Don Sly, and during these last 45 years I have tested the safety of some 200,000 maritime confined spaces. After the testing …
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05 FEB 2020 Oceans cover most of the Earth, including its longest mountain range and the ancient bridges that humans crossed to reach other continents. In a recent remake of a 2008 NASA video, planetary scientist James O’Donoghue shows what it would look like if all that water drained away, revealing the hidden …
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04 FEB 2020 Australia’s Federal Court has issued an interim injunction banning wharfies from undertaking industrial action as part of their fight for a new workplace agreement. The court order prevents more than 1,800 workers employed at DP World Australia container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle from taking …
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03 FEB 2020 The fire on board the VLCC Zoha 1 on Wednesday evening claimed the lives of two seafarers and injured eight others, according to Indian officials. The Zoha 1 caught fire about 20 miles off the coast of Sharjah, UAE on Wednesday, sending up a plume of smoke visible from the city’s …
Read More »03 FEB 2020 Okokrim, Norway’s environmental and economic crimes agency, has raided the offices of Teekay Shipping Norway AS to gather evidence on the scrapping of a tanker at an Indian shipbreaking yard. The Teekay shuttle tanker Navion Britannia was beached at R.L. Kalthia Shipbreaking in Alang, India in 2018. Her demolition …
Read More »STARTING OF PORT OF CHALNA AFTER INDEPENDENCE OF BANGLADESH. Port of Chalna was established on December 11, 1954 at Chalna, about 11 miles upstream of Mongla and named Chalna Anchorage. It was administered by the Central Government of Pakistan. In December 1971, there were six Pilots in addition to Harbour …
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02 FEB 2020 Hydrocarbon gases bubbling from the bottom of the Red Sea are polluting the atmosphere at a rate equivalent to the emissions of some large fossil fuel exporting countries, researchers said Tuesday. The gases seeping from the waters – which are ringed by the resorts and ports of several countries, …
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01 FEB 2020 The shipment of goods from the recently-built port of Gwadar, Pakistan to customers in Afghanistan has begun, according to Pakistani media. The boxship Diyala has offloaded two containers of fertilizer for Afghan customers at Gwadar, and the cargo will be trucked overland to the border town of Chaman, Kandahar. …
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