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Mauritius Denies Bail to Wakashio’s...

Mauritius Denies Bail to Wakashio’s Captain October 20, 2020 by Bloomberg A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio,...

posted on: Oct 21, 2020

বন্দরের বহির্নোঙরে খালাস ও নদীপথে...

বন্দরের বহির্নোঙরে খালাস ও নদীপথে পণ্য পরিবহন বন্ধ সিনিয়র করেসপন্ডেন্ট | বাংলানিউজটোয়েন্টিফোর.কমআপডেট: অক্টোবর ২০, ২০২০কর্ণফুলী নদীতে অলস বসে আছে...

posted on: Oct 21, 2020

Australia Evacuates Crew From COVID19...

Australia Evacuates Crew From COVID19 Infected Livestock Ship October 20, 2020 by Reuters Livestock Ship Al Messilah. Photo by Trevor Powell,...

posted on: Oct 21, 2020

Dramatic Heavy Seas Rescue Off...

Dramatic Heavy Seas Rescue Off Southeastern Ireland October 21, 2020 by Mike Schuler Image courtesyRNLI Three rescue boats with Royal National...

posted on: Oct 21, 2020

Maersk Kicks Off Air Freight Services with Chartered Plane from Thailand to Japan...

posted on: Oct 19, 2020

Maersk Kicks Off Air Freight Services with Chartered Plane from Thailand to Japan October 16, 2020 by Mike Schuler Photo courtesy Maersk A.P. Moller – Maersk, owner of the world’s number one ocean carrier, has kicked off its new air freight service with a chartered airplane from Thailand to Japan. The development comes after Damco’s freight forwarding business, which serves customers with air freight or multi-carrier options in ocean freight, was combined with Maersk’s logistics and services products as of early October. Maersk said the milestone flight moved cargoes for a leading tire manufacturer from Thailand to Japan on October 11. The flight marks a first for Maersk as it expands its end-to-end logistics offerings to air freight. Maersk said is the first of multiple chartered airplanes. “I’m extremely proud of the Maersk team who came together in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to mount air solution for one of our...

Photo Shows FSO Nabarima With Severe List Off Venezuela...

posted on: Oct 17, 2020

Photo Shows FSO Nabarima With Severe List Off Venezuela October 16, 2020 by Mike Schuler Photo courtesy Fishermen and Friends of the Sea An alarming photo is making the rounds on the internet today showing an idled Floating Storage and Offshore (FSO) vessel containing tens of million of gallons of oil with a severe list off the coast of Venezuela, raising fears an environmental disaster. The FSO Nabarima, which is anchored in the Gulf of Paria, is holding some 1.3 million barrels of crude oil. The photo was reportedly taken October 13 and published Friday by Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS). A Reuters report today citing an anonymous source said the idled facility is undergoing repairs to replace valves on the vessel. FSO Nabarima was built in 2005. The facility is operated by a joint venture by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA and Italy’s Eni, which have been...

Trade Imbalance Hits American Crop Exports With Lack of Containers...

posted on: Oct 17, 2020

Trade Imbalance Hits American Crop Exports With Lack of Containers October 15, 2020 by Bloomberg Photo: MOLPIX / Shutterstock By Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — With the U.S. importing more goods than it’s exporting, shipments of American cotton, grain and hay are getting squeezed due to limited availably of shipping containers. Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, warned that customers in Asia will avoid U.S. supplies if container shipments from competitors in Australia or South America are cheaper. “If we can’t deliver affordably, dependably, then our foreign customers will go somewhere else,” Friedmann said in a webinar Wednesday hosted by the Port of Los Angeles, the U.S.’s largest such facility for containers. Containers come to the U.S. carrying goods such as TVs and shoes generally are either shipped back to Asia empty or filled with grain or other raw materials. Shippers in Asia sometimes would rather have a container...

Seafarer Mental Health; Webinar Seminar on the occasion of ‘World mental Health Day’ held on 10.10.2020...

posted on: Oct 17, 2020

17 Oct. 2020. Dear all members of BD Mariners- google group, There was a Webinar Seminar on the occasion of ‘World mental Health Day’ on 10.10.2020, on the condition of Seafarers. It was hosted by Capt. Raunkul Islam, from S’pore and had the following speakers/discucionts/participents : a) Capt. Anam – President, BMMOA b) Ashraf Ibn Noor – President Bangobadhu Nou-Parishad c) Dr. Asif Altaf – Representative of ITF d) Md. Zahiruddin, Prof. of Dhaka University, Psychology Dept. e) Shakawat Hossain – General Secretary, BMMOA. My dicussions and points have been compilled and is attached for public viewing and comment. However, I should mention that BMMOA was working on it and promised to start a ‘virtual help line’ on the issue from next month. I did suggest a few points on their benevolent effort. The idea is to let seafarers undersatnd that it has become a very serious issue and...

Bangladesh to increase spot LNG imports to meet rising demand...

posted on: Oct 17, 2020

Bangladesh to increase spot LNG imports to meet rising demand Prothom Alo 17 2020ReutersDhaka A LNG tankerReuters file photo Bangladesh is expected to double its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market starting in December as demand rises and to capitalise on low prices of the super-chilled fuel, two energy officials told Reuters. Bangladesh’s state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company is seeking 138,000 cubic metres of so-called lean LNG, which has a lower energy content, for 9-10 December delivery, said the two officials, one from Rupantarita and one from Petrobangla, the state-owned company that is in charge of LNG imports into the South Asian country.Rupantarita, a subsidiary of Petrobangla, may issue a second tender next week for a similar volume of lean LNG for end-December delivery, the two officials said. The second tender will increase the number of LNG cargoes purchased under short-term, or spot, contracts,...

Philippines Probes Ship Virus Outbreaks to Avoid Ban on Mariners...

posted on: Oct 16, 2020

Philippines Probes Ship Virus Outbreaks to Avoid Ban on Mariners Claire JiaoBloomberg October 16, 2020 (Bloomberg) — The Philippines is investigating Covid-19 outbreaks on ships that changed crews in Manila in a bid to avoid a ban on Filipino seafarers. Stricter protocols in crew-change hubs may be put in place, depending on the probe’s results, Transportation Assistant Secretary Narciso Vingson Jr. said in a statement Friday. The investigation comes after infections were recorded among crew of Australia-bound bulk carriers Vega Dream and the Patricia Oldendorff, raising possibility of a ban on seafarers from the Philippines, which supplies a quarter of the world’s merchant marine workforce. Vingson said the infections may have occurred before the government standardized testing in a new facility it opened in Manila’s port last month for arriving and departing Filipino seafarers. Prior, manning agencies were “operating on their own and may be lacking in monitoring,” he...

Crew change crisis: ‘Nothing is happening’, conference told...

posted on: Oct 16, 2020

Crew change crisis: ‘Nothing is happening’, conference told The coronavirus pandemic has opened up positive developments for the maritime industry, including an accelerated use of technology, delegates to the Connecticut Maritime Association Conference heard 15 Oct 2020 Lloyds List Eric Watkins@EricWatkins_ Eric.Watkins@informa.com Necessary technological improvements as a result of lockdowns have been far overshadowed by the serious and continuing problems the pandemic has created for seafarers, according to speakers at an industry gathering Source: Igor Kardasov/Shutterstock.comTHE PROBLEM OF STRANDED SEAFARERS REMAINS CRITICAL TO THE INDUSTRY. DELEGATES to the Connecticut Maritime Association Conference have learnt that the coronavirus pandemic has opened up some positive developments for the maritime industry including an accelerated use of technology. But those technological developments have been far overshadowed by the very serious and continuing problems the pandemic has created for seafarers, according to a panel of industry leaders. “The last six months have been a period of...

Weekly Vessel Valuations Report, October 13 2020...

posted on: Oct 16, 2020

Weekly Vessel Valuations Report, October 13 2020 in Weekly Vessel Valuations Report 13/10/2020 Tanker: Modern Aframax values have softened. VLCC Voyager 1 (309,200 DWT, Jan 2003, Samsung) sold to Middle Eastern buyers for USD 25.50 mil, VV value USD 24.21 mil. VLCCs Hunter Saga and Hunter Laga (300,000 DWT, Oct & Nov 2019, Daewoo) sold to ADNOC Logistics and Services in an en bloc deal for USD 168.00 mil, VV en bloc value USD 166.74 mil – On Subs. LR2 Champion Princess (105,300 DWT, Apr 2012, Hyundai Heavy Ind) sold to Great Eastern Shipping for USD 26.50 mil, VV value USD 27.21 mil. MR2 Nord Sakura (46,000 DWT, Jan 2012, Shin Kurushima Ujina) sold to Coral Shipping for USD 16.35 mil, VV value USD 16.78 mil – SS/DD Due. Small Chemical Tanker Pacific Sapphire (19,800 DWT, Dec 2008, Kitanihon Zosen) sold to ACE Tankers for USD 11.80 mil, VV value USD 11.27...

অবশেষে প্রকাশ্যে এনেছে বার্মিজ নেভীর সাবমেরিন।...

posted on: Oct 15, 2020

Defence Research Forum- DefRes 15 October 2020 অবশেষে প্রকাশ্যে এনেছে বার্মিজ নেভীর সাবমেরিন। মায়ানমার নৌবাহিনী আজ তাদের সাবমেরিন জনসম্মুখে এনেছে। যদিও রাশিয়ান কিলো ক্লাসের এই সাবমেরিনটি গতবছর তারা ভারতের কাছ থেকে ডেলিভারি পেয়েছিল। আজ তাদের তিন বাহিনীর জয়েন্ট এক্সারসাইজ ( Exercise – Bandula) এ সাবমেরিনটিওMin Ye Theinkhathu অংশ নিতে দেখা যায়। এসময় মায়ানমার মিলিটারীর কমান্ডার ইন চীফ সিনিয়র জেনারেল মিন অংহ্লায় উপস্থিত ছিলেন। এতদিন সমুদ্রের তলদেশে বাংলাদেশ এগিয়ে থাকলেও, সে সক্ষমতাকে এক প্রকার চ্যালেঞ্জ জানিয়েছে মায়ানমার। বর্তমানে আমাদের বহরে দুটি চাইনিজ MING CLASS সাবমেরিন রয়েছে। এবং মায়ানমারের বহরে রয়েছে একটি KILO CLASS সাবমেরিন। তবে মায়ানমারের সাবমেরিন ক্রুরা এখনো ট্রেনিং ফেইজে থাকলেও বর্তমানে বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর সাবমেরিন দুটি সম্পূর্ণ অপারেশনাল ফেইজে রয়েছে। বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী চীনের সহায়তায় একটি সাবমেরিন ঘাঁটি তৈরী করছে, যেখানে মায়ানমারের আপাতত কোন সাবমেরিন ঘাঁটি নেই। তদুপরি দুদেশই সাবমেরিন বহর বাড়াতে জোর তদবির চালু...

China’s Rebound Bolsters Its Global Trade Dominance...

posted on: Oct 15, 2020

China’s Rebound Bolsters Its Global Trade Dominance Menu October 13, 2020 by Bloomberg A shipping container is loaded onto a truck at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is cementing its status as the world’s dominant trading nation, confounding warnings that a once in a century pandemic combined with simmering tensions with the U.S. would derail that status. Surging global demand for everything from hazmat suits to work-from-home technology has allowed China, which contained the virus months ago, to capture record market share of global exports by quickly reopening its factories while the rest of the world grappled with lockdowns. It’s a striking reversal from the first two months of the year when China’s exports contracted by 17.1%. It’s also an outcome that underscores the nation’s enduring role in manufacturing even amid simmering tensions with the U.S. that...

Demolition Market Activity Could Tumble on Improving Freight Rate Market Conditions...

posted on: Oct 15, 2020

Demolition Market Activity Could Tumble on Improving Freight Rate Market Conditions in Hellenic Shipping News 14/10/2020 Plenty of ships were sold for scrap over the past week, however, as rates for both the dry bulk and the container markets soared, demolition candidates are bound to diminish in numbers. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “with the Golden Week holiday period taking place this week, it has felt like the market has stalled for the time being with very little activity taking place. This, coupled with the ever developing Covid-19 situation, working environments are far from normal with the ongoing disruption continuing leading to a distinct lack of market discussion amongst stakeholders in the industry. When will we ever return to normality? Source: Clarkson PLC According to Clarkson Platou Hellas, “many have now come to the realisation that there are very few ships in the...

Excelerate Energy – US Bangladesh partnership...

posted on: Oct 15, 2020

14 October 2020 U.S. Embassy-Dhaka যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের কোম্পানিগুলো শুধু মূলধন নিয়ে আসে না। তারা আরো নিয়ে আসে উচ্চ গুণগত মান, স্বচ্ছতা এবং বিশেষ জ্ঞান ও দক্ষতা যার দ্বারা স্থানীয় জনগোষ্ঠীর সক্ষমতা বৃদ্ধি পায়। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রযুক্তিগুলো বাংলাদেশকে শুধু টেকসই ও দায়িত্বশীল উন্নয়ন ও বিকাশ সাধনে সহায়তা করছে না বরং এর ফলে স্থানীয় জনগোষ্ঠীর জন্য কর্মসংস্থান ও বিভিন্ন সুযোগ সৃষ্টি হচ্ছে। U.S. companies bring more than just capital. They bring high-standards, transparency, and expertise that builds the capacity of local communities. U.S. technology is not only helping Bangladesh achieve sustainable, responsible development and growth—it is also creating jobs and opportunities for local communities. ‎usbdpartnership‬ – Excelerate Energy We are proud to welcome our first two Bangladeshi Cadets to our fleet, including the first female Bangladeshi marine cadet in the LNG industry! They will be working onboard our two FSRUs operating in the Bay of Bengal. Excelerate is committed to investing in the...

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