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 …
Read More »INCREDIBLE NASA SIMULATION REVEALS HOW EARTH WOULD LOOK IF THE OCEANS DRAINED AWAY
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 …
Read More »AUSTRALIAN COURT BLOCKS UNION ACTION IN DP WORLD DISPUTE
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 …
Read More »TWO DEAD, THREE MISSING IN FIRE ABOARD VLCC OFF SHARJAH
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 »NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE TEEKAY SUBSIDIARY OVER SHIPBREAKING
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 »PORT OF CHALNA
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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