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DP World Launches $800 Million Modern Terminal in Jeddah...
posted on: Mar 11, 2025
DP World has inaugurated its newly modernized South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port. The modernization and expansion program has been ongoing for the last three years, under a 30-year Build-Operate-Transfer concession signed in 2019 with the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani). The $800 million upgrade has seen the terminal’s capacity double from 1.8 million TEU to 4 million TEU. The capacity will further rise to 5 million TEU in a subsequent expansion phase. The new terminal spans a total quay length of 2,150 meters, including a deep-water quay with an 18-meter depth, capable of accommodating up to five ultra-large container vessels simultaneously. In response to the growing demand for perishable cargo, the terminal’s capacity for reefer containers has also been expanded from 1,200 to 2,340. In addition, DP World has developed a facility for inspecting up to 75 reefers at one time – the biggest such port-centric facility in...
বঙ্গোপসাগরে বাংলাদেশ-ভারতীয় নৌবাহিনীর যৌথ মহড়া...
posted on: Mar 11, 2025
বঙ্গোপসাগরে অনুষ্ঠিত হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশ ও ভারতীয় নৌবাহিনীর অংশগ্রহণে যৌথ টহল ‘করপ্যাট’ ও দ্বিপাক্ষিক মহড়া ‘বঙ্গোসাগর’। সোমবার (১০ মার্চ) আন্তঃবাহিনী জনসংযোগ পরিদপ্তরের (আইএসপিআর) পাঠানো এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে এ তথ্য জানানো হয়। আইএসপিআর জানায়, বঙ্গোপসাগরে বাংলাদেশ ও ভারতীয় সমুদ্রসীমার নির্ধারিত এলাকায় দুই দেশের নৌবাহিনী জাহাজের অংশগ্রহণে ষষ্ঠবারের মতো অনুষ্ঠিত হচ্ছে যৌথ টহল ‘করপ্যাট’ও চতুর্থ দ্বিপাক্ষিক মহড়া ‘বঙ্গোসাগর’। কমান্ডার ফ্লোটিলা ওয়েস্টের তত্ত্বাবধানে এ যৌথ টহল ও মহড়া ১০ মার্চ হতে শুরু হয়েছে এবং আগামী ১২ মার্চ পর্যন্ত চলমান থাকবে। যৌথ এ টহল ও মহড়ায় অংশ নিয়েছে বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর যুদ্ধজাহাজ বানৌজা আবু উবাইদাহ ও একটি মেরিটাইম পেট্রোল এয়ারক্রাফ্ট। অন্যদিকে ভারতীয় নৌবাহিনীর যুদ্ধজাহাজ আইএনএস রানভীর ও একটি হেলিকপ্টার এ টহল ও মহড়ায় অংশ নিচ্ছে। আইএসপিআর আরও জানায়, বাংলাদেশ ও ভারতের মধ্যে ২০১৮ সাল থেকে এই যৌথ টহল অনুষ্ঠিত হয়ে আসছে। দুই দেশের নির্ধারিত সমুদ্র এলাকায় অবৈধভাবে মৎস্য আহরণ, চোরাচালান, মানবপাচার, জলদস্যুতা এবং মাদক পাচারসহ বিভিন্ন অপরাধমূলক কর্মকাণ্ড নিরসনের লক্ষ্যে এ যৌথ টহল ও মহড়া...
Large cargo vessel runs aground off Isle of Skye...
posted on: Mar 11, 2025
A 262ft (80m) cargo vessel has managed to free itself after dragging its anchor and running aground off the Isle of Skye. Volunteer lifeboat crews were called by the coastguard to help around 02:20 after the boat began being pushed ashore by the wind and choppy seas, having run aground at the stern in the island’s Breakish area. Around two hours later the ship was able to use its thrusters and engine to move off the rocks, and than go into deeper water to find a safe place to anchor. None of the ship’s crew was injured in the incident. The vessel was able to float away after around two hours A support vessel from Mull-based Inverlussa Marine Services towed the cargo ship to a safe location. RNLI lifeboats from Kyle and Portree attended the incident, and provided safety cover, as well as ensuring there was no pollution risk....
Panama Maritime Authority to Review CK Hutchison-BlackRock Port Deal...
posted on: Mar 10, 2025
By Elida Moreno and Marianna Parraga PANAMA CITY, March 7 (Reuters) – The Panama Maritime Authority, which oversees shipping and port infrastructure in the country, will request all legal and financial documents from a key transaction between CK Hutchison and a consortium backed by BlackRock, minister to presidency Juan Carlos Orillac said on Friday. U.S. BlackRock announced this week that a group of investors, including Global Infrastructure Partners and Terminal Investment, agreed to buy most of the port business of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, including its 90% stake in Panama Ports Company, which operates the Balboa and Cristobal terminals under a 25-year concession. The maritime authority is expected to analyze the transaction, which gives control of the two ports strategically located near the Panama Canal to the BlackRock-backed group, at the cabinet’s request, to ensure that public interest in the terminals will be protected, Orillac added in a release. A separate audit of CK Hutchison’s port concession, which was renewed in 2021, is yet to be completed by...
Polish Researchers Detect Ship-Based GPS Jammers in Baltic Sea...
posted on: Mar 10, 2025
A study carried out by Polish GNSS researchers has determined that the GPS interference observed in the Baltic recently exhibits capabilities beyond commercial grade, and it appears to emanate from ships in transit – not from a fixed land-based source in Kaliningrad, as some analysts have speculated. If accurate, the apparent discovery of powerful ship-mounted transmitters would help explain the shifting pattern of GPS disruption in the region. It would also align with past reports of high-power radio equipment fitted aboard vessels in the Russian “shadow fleet.” The study monitored GPS disruption at ground level with a sensor installed at Gdynia Maritime University, 75 miles east of central Kaliningrad. It was mounted high enough for a line-of-sight radio horizon of about 20 nautical miles offshore (depending on transmitter antenna height). This is enough to reach out into the Gulf of Gdansk, but not far enough to cover the main east-west sea...
Why a stranded Dutch cargo ship crew is getting sweets from British locals...
posted on: Mar 10, 2025
A crew stuck on a beached cargo ship in the Humber estuary has been delivered vital food and water supplies – and will soon receive donations of sweets from concerned locals. H&S Wisdom became lodged on a sandbank on 2 March after travelling from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, one day earlier – and it may not be able to move again until tides become high enough at the end of this month. Further efforts by authorities to refloat the ship are likely to begin around 28 March, meaning it may not be until April before the crew are on their way again. The ship had become stuck while it was on its way to Gunness Wharf Port, near Scunthorpe. “It’s quite a few years now since a vessel went to ground in that area like this, a good 20 years,” Dave Roberts, chairman of Humber Rescue, told The Independent. There is unlikely to be another attempt...
Greek Tanker Owners Are Returning to the Russian Oil Trade...
posted on: Mar 10, 2025
American sanctions have reduced Russia’s ability to ship oil on lightly-regulated “shadow fleet” tankers, but Moscow is maintaining its fossil fuel export revenues at about $700 million per day, in part thanks to the renewed participation of Greek tanker owners. Greek owners have emerged as crucial players in keeping Russian crude flowing to global markets, particularly to India and Turkey, according to Vortexa. “Preliminary February data is showing Russian crude volumes carried by Greek operators at a 12-month high,” said Mary Melton, a senior freight analyst at Vortexa, in a new research note. “Russian crude exports to India and Turkey will need to be offered below the price cap so that Greek operators can facilitate these volumes.” Bloomberg confirms that Russian Urals crude is now trading below $60 per barrel, a deep discount to Brent – and enough of a discount to allow Western tankers to legally participate in Russian energy...
Russia Clings On in a Divided Syria
posted on: Mar 10, 2025
The Russian evacuation of its heavy equipment from Syria continues, whilst the Russian naval presence lingers in the Mediterranean, for the time being making do without Tartus as a base facility. The Russian military cargo ship Sparta IV was alongside in Tartus for several days up to February 25, loading wheeled armored vehicles. The Krivak-class Admiral Grigorovich (F745) appears to be lying just offshore, in Syrian territorial waters, providing protective cover and poised to escort the Sparta IV on its homeward journey. At the other end of the Mediterranean, the Gorshkov-class Admiral Golovko (F461) looks as if it may have been escorting the Baltic Leader, another Russian cargo ship last seen in Tartus in early February, as it made its way back eastwards across the Mediterranean. In between times, the Ropucha-class landing ship Alexandre Shabalin (L110) has also been loading in Tartus, a more obviously naval vessel. On March 2, Admiral Grigorovich, Alexandre Shabalin, Sparta IV and two other Russian cargo ships, the Syanie Severa and Asacalon,...
ভবিষ্যৎ পথ পরিক্রমা: বাংলাদেশের জন্য একটি শক্তিশালী নৌ-নীতির জরুরি প্রয়োজন...
posted on: Mar 9, 2025
ভবিষ্যৎ পথ পরিক্রমা: বাংলাদেশের জন্য একটি শক্তিশালী নৌ-নীতির জরুরি প্রয়োজন গোলাম সোহরাওয়ার্দী ৮ মার্চ ২০২৫ জাহাজগুলো হলো স্বপ্নের মতো সবচেয়ে কাছের জিনিস, যা মানুষের হাতে তৈরি হয়েছে। রবার্ট এন. রোজ যথাযথভাবে নৌ পরিবহনের সারমর্ম ধরেছেন—একটি খাত যা শুধুমাত্র ব্যবসায়িক দিক থেকে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ নয়, বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতির জীবনরেখা হিসেবে অপরিহার্য। দক্ষিণ, দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব এবং দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম দিক দিয়ে বঙ্গোপসাগরের জল দ্বারা ঘেরা এবং বিস্তৃত নদী নেটওয়ার্কের ওপর নির্ভরশীল বাংলাদেশের সমৃদ্ধি, তার নৌ পরিবহনের দক্ষতার সাথে গভীরভাবে জড়িত। দেশের খাদ্যদ্রব্য, কাঁচামাল, জ্বালানি তেল এবং তরলীকৃত প্রাকৃতিক গ্যাসের মতো জীবনধারণের জন্য অপরিহার্য পণ্য আমদানি ও রপ্তানির ওপর নির্ভরতা এই খাতের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভূমিকাকে তুলে ধরে। বাংলাদেশি বন্দরগুলোর অগভীর ড্রাফটের কারণে বন্দর এবং টার্মিনাল অপারেশনস এবং বাইরের নোঙ্গরস্থলে জাহাজের হালকা করার কাজে বিশাল বিনিয়োগের প্রয়োজন পড়ে, যাতে এই পণ্যগুলো সাশ্রয়ী ও দক্ষতার সাথে পরিবহন করা যায়। তবে, বর্তমানে নৌ খাতটি তার ঝড়ো সমুদ্রে মুখোমুখি, যেখানে দক্ষতার অভাব এবং ব্যাপক দুর্নীতি উন্নতিকে বাধাগ্রস্ত করে। জেনারেল (অব.) সাখাওয়াত হোসেন,...
50 crew in distress with two Bangladeshi ships trapped in foreign ports for months...
posted on: Mar 8, 2025
Fifty Bangladeshi sailors remain stranded in two far-flung foreign ports, grappling with dwindling food and water supplies as their ships have been stuck for months due to mishaps and subsequent legal issues. Both are cargo vessels owned by Meghna Group, which operates a fleet of 25 oceangoing ships out of the 103 Bangladesh national flag carriers. One of them, Meghna Princess, met with an accident on 29 December after being thrown off course by a GPS jammer. It struck an underwater rock near Russia’s Ust-Luga port in the Baltic Sea, resulting in damage to its hull and propeller and causing parts of the vessel to flood. Meanwhile, the other ship, Meghna Prestige, has been stranded at Venezuela’s Puerto Ordaz port since 29 January due to legal complications, with its captain still in police custody. Captain Md Anam Chowdhury, president of the Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers’ Association (BMMOA), told TBS...
Report: GPS Jamming Sent Bangladeshi Bulker Aground in Baltic...
posted on: Mar 8, 2025
According to Bangladeshi media, a bulker ran aground near the Russian port of Ust-Luga in late December and remained on the rocks for weeks, despite appeals to the local authorities for assistance. The previously-unreported casualty involved the Bangladeshi-owned and -crewed bulker Meghna Princess, operated by the country’s largest shipowner, Meghna Group. On December 29, the Princess went off course due to GPS jamming – a common phenomenon in the Baltic – and struck an underwater rock near Ust-Luga. It damaged its hull and flooded several tank, according to The Business Standard, which drew on reports from the Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers’ Association (BMMOA). The Princess took on a cargo of fertilizer in St. Petersburg and got under way for Ust-Luga, where she was supposed to top up with an additional 25,000 tonnes of cargo. During a jamming event, the crew went off course at hit a rock, causing hull and propeller damage. According to the...
Report: Trump Considers At-Sea Inspections of Tankers Moving Iranian Oil...
posted on: Mar 8, 2025
Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has vowed to restore “maximum pressure” on Iran with targeting of the oil trade being a top priority. In an exclusive report, Reuters revealed today, March 6, that the Trump administration is considering ways to delay the shipping of Iranian oil by inspecting tankers. Citing six unnamed sources, Reuters says the Trump administration is considering leveraging a 2003 agreement designed to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to slow the delivery of Iranian oil and increase pressure on the supply chain and counterparties. According to the report, tankers would be stopped for inspections in major sea lanes and critical points such as the Malacca Strait. Reuters reports its sources told them the goal would be to slow down Iran’s oil exports and make it more difficult to meet delivery contracts. The concept is that it would further disrupt the supply chains...
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