BMU holds seminar on blue economy
Bangladesh Maritime University held an international seminar titled Blue Economy: Unlocking the Potential of Oceans for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh at the Senaprangan, Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
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Container ship service set to begin between Mongla, Chattogram
In a significant development aimed at reducing export costs and enhancing trade accessibility in the greater Khulna region, container ships are expected to start operating between Mongla and Chattogram ports on a domestic maritime route from April...
International Maritime Academy holds passing out ceremony
The passing out ceremony of 12th聽 batch of pre-sea cadets of International Maritime Academy was held with ceremony at its campus at Pubial in Gazipur on Wednesday...
Malaysia expels boats ferrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country鈥檚 waters...
Malaysia detains 196 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar
Malaysian police on Friday detained almost 200 migrants 鈥榖elieved to be Rohingya鈥� from Myanmar after their boat ran aground on the northern resort island of Langkawi.
Indian Coast Guard takes away two trawlers with 79 people from Bangladesh
The Indian Coast Guard took away two Bangladeshi fishing trawlers carrying 79 sailors near the maritime boundary between the two countries on Monday...
Taiwan says China carrying out huge maritime deployment
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 recent visit to the United States...
Adviser urges investors to invest in maritime, offshore industry
Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Thursday urged local and foreign investors to invest in the country鈥檚 maritime and...
Govt to formulate national maritime port strategy
Shipping adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that the government would formulate 鈥楴ational Maritime Port Strategy or NMPS鈥� for an effective and sustainable port management to attract more domestic and foreign investments...
Rear admiral Ashraful Hoq made BSMRMU VC
Rear admiral Ashraful Hoq Chowdhury has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University...
Bangladesh maritime ports asked to hoist cautionary signal No 3
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 as the deep depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining West central Bay of Bengal moved slightly north-northwestwards and now lies over the same area...
BSMRMU observes World Oceans Day
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University observed the World Oceans Day on Sunday on its Dhaka campus....
A greenhouse gas shipping levy is on the horizon
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...
IMO secretary general visits Chittagong port
The secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco, has visited the Chittagong port as part of his...
IMO secretary general due in Bangladesh Wednesday
International Maritime Organisation secretary general Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday evening....
BSMRMU vice-chancellor visits Japanese institutions
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa, visited Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and Yokohama City University in Japan recently, said a press release...
Small island states win key climate case in UN court
The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought a case to seek increased protection of the world鈥檚 oceans from...
Sajid Hussain reappointed as IMO Goodwill Maritime Ambassador
The International Maritime Organization has reappointed Chartered Marine Engineer Dr Sajid Hussain, the immediate past commandant of Bangladesh Marine Academy, as their Goodwill Maritime Ambassador for two further years (2024 and 2025)......