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Chittagong, 05 May 2012: Western Marine Shipyard has launched ISEF JORD, a Danish RORO Passenger Ferry today, on 05 May 2012 at noon12PM. The ship will owned by Danish ferry operator Hundested Rorvig Faergefart. This newbuilding project is under the French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV). Western Marine went into agreement with Hundested Rorvig Faergefart,…

Chittagong, 02 May 2012: Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated the construction work of more three fishing trawlers today at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya through a keel laying ceremony. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. These three ships will be owned by Alliance Deep Sea…

Chittagong, April 19, 2012: Western Fishers Shipyard has inaugurated the construction work of six fishing trawlers today at the yard premises in Kolagaon, Patiya. Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd is a JV between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Limited. Out of the six ships four ships will be owned by JK Group , 2x41m fishing…

Chittagong, March 21, 2012: Bangladesh’s leading Shipbuilding Company Western Marine Shipyard Limited has delivered two more ships to German on Wednesday, setting another milestone in the country’s shipbuilding industry. The delivery is the fourth pair of ice class ships built by the Western Marine for the German buyer Grona Shipping. This project is believed to…

Chittagong, March 20, 2012: Bangladesh’s leading shipbuilding company Western Marine Shipyard Limited is set to deliver two more ships to German today (Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012), setting another milestone in the country’s shipbuilding industry. The delivery would be the fourth pair of ice class ships built by the Western Marine for the German buyer Grona…

Chittagong, March 06, 2012: Bangladesh is set to start making hydraulic machinery for vessels, including ships, in a bid to reduce import dependence and to export in future. Local firm Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd (WFSL) and its Danish partners DanSea and AS Scan inked a deal in this regard Monday (March 05, 2012), marking the…

Chittagong 29 January 2012: Western Marine Group has handed over one catamaran type passenger ship named ‘Western Cruise’ to Chittagong Boat Club (CBC) today, 29 January 2012. The ship was handed over to the Chief Guest of the event Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, Chief of the Naval Staff through a mezban festive, a traditional…

Chittagong 28 January 2012: Western Marine Group—the country’s leading shipbuilding company— will deliver a passenger ship to the Chittagong Boat Club on January 29. The catamaran type passenger ship named ‘Western Cruise’, which costs around Tk 8.0 crore, has the carrying capacity of 200 passengers. The ship, which will be used for river cruising in…

Chittagong 17 January 2012: Western Marine Limited, the country’s leading shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, delivers a repaired dredger to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) today, January 17. CPA chairman Cdre Muhammed Anwarul Islam took the delivery of the dredger at a ceremony held at the Chittagong port gate Jetty 1. Heads of different government bodies,…

Chittagong 15 January 2012: Western Marine Services Limited, will deliver a repaired dredger to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) on January 17. It is the only trailing suction hopper dredger named “M.D. KHANAK” in Bangladesh, which has been made operational after arduous repair work done by the Western Marine Services. The repair work costs BDT49.0…