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Chittagong, 03 October, 2011: Western Marine Shipyard Ltd laid a keel to build the workboat and cutter suction dredger at the Mongla Port, the country’s second largest river port. The workboat is 11.95 meter in length, which will act as an ancillary facility for the cutter suction dredger with 14 meter dredging depth. The dredger…

Chittagong, 13 September, 2011: Western Marine Shipyard Ltd, a leading shipyard in the country, will build six cargo ships for Nurjahan Logistics Ltd with capacity of 1800 dwt (dead weight tonnage) each at a cost of more than BDT 12 crore. These cargo ships will ensure speedy transportation of imported wheat from the outer anchorage…

Chittagong, August 06, 2011: Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Bangladesh Limited, a ship classification society based in Hamburg, Germany, has appointed Mr. A K M Masud Karim as its managing director. He has taken over the responsibilities from Mr. C. F. Zaman on 4th August, 2011. Mr. Zaman served Bangladesh Shipping Community in the last 48 years.…

Chittagong, August 02, 2011: Western Marine Shipyard Ltd, the country’s leading shipbuilding company, on Tuesday (1st August 2011) launched tree plantation in its yard. As part of its initiatives, Western Marine Shipyard will plant 1000 trees in phases in the yard aiming at environment protection, which will help increase the oxygen level and reduce extreme…

Chittagong, July 29, 2011: Shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh has emerged enormously in the recent years as an opportunity for import substitute. Inland vessels & local ships which used to be imported from Europe once are now being constructed in our own land. One of them is called Roll-on/Roll-Off Ferry (RORO ferry). There are twelve Ro-ro…

Chittagong, July 29, 2011: Pilot vessels are essential for port service. Chittagong Port has several pilot boats for carrying maritime pilots from shore to the outer anchorage, who guides incoming vessels to the port safely using the port connecting channel. This is necessary as pilotage techniques vary in each harbor which master of a ship…

Chittagong, July 29, 2011: ountry’s leading shipbuilding company, Western Marine Shipyard Ltd today delivered four vessels to the German buyer Grona Shipping and Bangladesh government creating another milestone in the shipbuilding industry of Bangladesh. Among the four vessels, German buyer Grona Shipping received two 5200 DWT MPC Vessels and another two vessels were delivered to…

Chittagong, July 28, 2011: Western Marine Shipyard Ltd., one of the countries’s leading shipbuilding companies, is going to deliver four vessels to the German buyer Grona Shipping & Bangladesh Govt. tomorrow, and adding another milestone to the shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh. Western Marine Shipyard Chairman Mr. Saiful Islam announces this at a press conference held…

Chittagong, 19 July 2011: New Western Marine Ship Builders Ltd, a leading shipyard in the country will build 4 nos. of oil tankers for Nurjahan Group each having capacity of 1350 dwt (dead weight tonnage) at a cost of BDT 50 crore. These tankers will ensure fast transportation of edible oil within the nation. Mr.…

Chittagong, 15 Apr 2011: A number of Honorary Consuls of Bangladesh serving in various destinations all over the world had been invited to Bangladesh by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a Familiarization Program. The delegation includes Honorary Consuls serving in Yemen- Mr. Saleh Saeed Al Ghalebi, Norway- Mr. Eilif Dosen, Bulgaria- Mr. Stoyan Assenov…