Bangladesh
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Operations
Shipbreaker Kabir dismisses claims over workplace safety issues
Bangladesh’s Kabir Group has rejected claims made by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform over a surge of accidents at its breaking…
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Containers
Death toll rises to 49 from Bangladesh container depot fire
At least 49 people have been killed and hundreds more injured, after a massive fire tore through an inland container…
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Containers
More than 30 killed and hundreds injured in Bangladesh container depot fire
A massive fire and a huge explosion in an inland container depot near the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, killed at…
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Operations
NGO Shipbreaking Platform points to increasing number of accidents at Kabir breaking yards
Six out of eighteen accidents that were registered in the Bangladeshi shipbreaking industry this year have taken place at yards…
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Containers
Allseas adds Bangladesh to its liner coverage
UK-based shipping agent DKT Allseas turned liner operator is now giving Bangladeshi exporters their first direct sailing to North Europe.…
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Dry Cargo
Meghna bags another ultramax
One of Bangladesh’s most prominent shipping companies, Meghna Group, is back in the headlines. For the second time in a…
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Dry Cargo
SAFEEN Feeders secures new dry bulk work in Bangladesh
AD Ports Group’s shipping line, SAFEEN Feeders, has signed a long-term trade facilitation and shipping agreement with Saif Powertec, a…
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Operations
Many dead as ferry collides with cargo vessel in Bangladesh
Six people are confirmed dead and up to 20 are still missing after a general cargo vessel collided with a…
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Europe
Seafarer killed after missile strikes Bangladeshi bulker in Ukraine
A Bangladeshi sailor was killed yesterday evening after a missile struck Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s bulker in Ukrainian waters. The ship…
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Containers
HR Lines in for up to six Mawei boxships
Karnaphuli Group of Bangladesh, the parent company of the Dhaka-based regional carrier HR Lines, has signed for four firm 2,900…
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Operations
Bangladesh shipbreaking sector sees highest quarterly death toll
Bangladesh shipbreaking yards have seen a record-breaking number of fatalities this quarter. According to the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, at least…
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Operations
Man dies in cylinder blast at Chittagong shipyard
A gas cylinder explosion killed one worker at a shipyard in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong in Bangladesh yesterday. The incident…
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Dry Cargo
Meghna pounces for Japanese supramax
Bangladesh’s Meghna Group has returned to the secondhand market. The wet and dry player has snapped up a seven-year-old supramax…
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Operations
One dead and three injured in boiler blast at Bangladesh shipyard
A worker has died and at least three others sustained serious injuries following a boiler explosion at a shipyard in…
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Shipyards
Demo rates hit $550 per ldt
Demo prices have shot up soaring global steel prices and fierce competition between Pakistan and Bangladesh for limited tonnage. The…
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Dry Cargo
Meghna orders ultramax quartet at Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding
Bangladesh’s Meghna Group has placed an order at Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding, the joint venture between China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Japan’s Mitsui…
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Asia
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation set for substantial fleet growth
State-owned shipowner Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) plans to add six ships to its fleet, reports local news media The Financial…
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Dry Cargo
Meghna plays hardball, bags bargain ultramax
In February brokers reported that the 2019 Oshima-built 62,500 dwt ultramax bulker had been sold by 26-ship strong Oslo Bulk…
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Shipyards
Bangladeshi widow wins landmark shipbreaking ruling
In a landmark decision that could shake up the ship recycling trades irrevocably, a judge in London has ruled that…
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Ports and Logistics
CSSC secures $120m Payra Port contract
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced that an affiliate of the group has secured an EPC project for the…
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