Western Fishers building fishing trawlers worth of BDT 300 crore
Western Fishers Shipyard holds a big market for newbuilding of fishing trawlers in Bangladesh. It is joint concern of Western Marine Shipyard & Fishers Shipyard. They have already secured orders for building twelve fishing trawlers. All these vessels are worth of around BDT300 crore. These trawlers are being built for four different private owners who […]
Western Marine laid keel for building a passenger ship for Tanzania
Western Marine Shipyard has inaugurated the construction work of one Aluminum body catamaran type passenger ship for Tanzania through a keel laying ceremony on the 26th of Sep 2013. The ships will be having a capacity of carrying 300 passengers. It will be used by Tanzania Ministry of Transportation to transport passengers in the inland […]
Western Marine inaugurates the construction work of one container ship for Pangaon Inland Container Terminal
Western Marine has inaugurated the construction work of one 176 TEUs container vessel through a keel laying ceremony on the 19th of September, 2013 in the shipyard premises. The ship will be built under German class Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and owner of the ship is Neepa Paribahan Ltd. She will be able to carry 176 […]
Western Marine will build another Ro-Ro ferry for BIWTC
Western Marine has inaugurated the construction work of one Ro-Ro ferry through a keel laying ceremony on the 28th of July 2013 in the shipyard premises located in Patiya. This is the second time Western Marine will be building a similar ferry for BIWTC. The ferry will operate in River Padma from Chandpur to Shariatpur. […]
Timblo Drydocks, India will provide dredging facilities to Mongla Port Authority in collaboration with Western Marine Shipyard
Timblo Drydocks based in Goa, India has signed agreement with Mongla Port Authority for building a complete set of dredging facilities for use of Mongla Port Authority. Western Marine Shipyard will provide full technical support to Timblo in this newbuilding project. This project is worth of USD 8.5 million. The contract was signed at the […]
IMO Secretary-General visits Western Marine
His Excellency Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of International Maritime Organization (IMO) has visited Western Marine Shipyard Ltd in Chittagong today June 26, 2013. During the visit he was accompanied by the Joint Secretary of Ministry of Shipping, Mr. Mr. Nasir Arif Mahmud; Deputy Secretary Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman; Commandant of Marine Academy Dr. Sajid Hussain & […]
Western Marine to build passenger ship for Tanzania
Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for building one catamaran type passenger ship for Tanzania. The deal was signed by the Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Sakhawat Hossain and the Director of JGH Marine, Mr. Niels Holstein. JGH Marine is Danish Company which has received the notification award for supplying the […]
Western Marine inks deal for newbuilding of another inland container feeder vessel for PICT
Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for newbuilding of one more container ship yesterday 12 May 2013. This ship will be constructed for Bancan Shipping. The deal was signed by the Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Sakhawat Hossain with the Managing Director of Bancan Shipping Mr. Mohammed Ilias on behalf of […]
Western Marine inks deal for two more container ships
Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for newbuilding of two container ships. These ships will be constructed for Neepa Paribahan Ltd and Mir & Islam Enterprise. The deal was signed by the Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Sakhawat Hossain with the Managing Director of Neepa Paribahan Ltd Mr. Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury […]
Successful sea trial of largest fishing trawler in Bangladesh by Western Marine
F.T. Agro Food-1 is the largest fishing trawler in Bangladesh at present built by Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd (WFSL), a joint venture between Western Marine Shipyard & Fishers Shipyard. Western Marine Shipyard has provided the full technical know-how in this venture. The new built vessel has successfully completed its trial in the Bay of Bengal […]