Bangladesh Archives - Baird Maritime

April 8, 2021

Over 30 dead in Bangladesh ferry disaster

Written by Baird Maritime on April 8, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Ferries, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

More than 30 people were killed in a collision between a passenger ferry and a cargo vessel in central Bangladesh on Sunday, April 4. An official of the Bangladesh Inland ..

February 12, 2021

COLUMN | A tale of six restructurings: Polarcus, Seadrill, Diamond Offshore, Siem Offshore, SeaBird Exploration, and Pacific Radiance [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 12, 2021. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Seabed Mining, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Charles Dickens offered only A Tale of Two Cities. This week, I offer a tale of no less than six restructurings, as the crisis in the offshore sector comes to a head. One ..

January 12, 2021

OPINION | Will China turn off Asia’s tap?

Written by Brahma Chellaney on January 12, 2021. Posted in Maritime Infrastructure Development, Work Boat World Features.

Even after Asia’s economies climb out of the Covid-19 recession, China’s strategy of frenetically building dams and reservoirs on transnational rivers will confront ..

March 24, 2021

OPINION | China’s problematic solution to its water-security woes

Written by Connor Dilleen on March 24, 2021. Posted in Maritime Infrastructure Development, Work Boat World Features.

Beijing has long understood that China has a water-security problem that could pose an existential threat. In 2005, China’s minister for water resources reportedly ..

February 1, 2021

EDITORIAL | Covid-19 results in lowest ferry fatality toll ever in 2020

Written by Neil Baird on February 1, 2021. Posted in Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Thanks very largely to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 had the least number of fatal ferry accidents and fatalities since our records commenced in 1966, ..

January 6, 2021

Mongla Port Authority awards contract for channel deepening works

Written by Baird Maritime on January 6, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Port World.

The Mongla Port Authority in southwestern Bangladesh has awarded a contract for deepening works to a partnership formed by Chinese firms Jianshu Haihong Construction ..

February 17, 2021

US builder delivers two new dredgers to Bangladesh

Written by Baird Maritime on February 17, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

US-based Ellicott Dredges has delivered two new dredgers in a series to an unnamed operator in Bangladesh. The truck-transportable vessels each have a hull and a ..

January 17, 2021

Piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asia see 17 per cent increase in 2020

Written by Baird Maritime on January 17, 2021. Posted in Piracy.

A total of 97 incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported in Asia in 2020, comprising 95 actual incidents and 2 attempted incidents, the Regional Cooperation ..

November 10, 2020

Five Bangladesh Navy ships commissioned into service

Written by Baird Maritime on November 10, 2020. Posted in Marine Research and Training, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Ships (Naval), Subsea Surveying.

Five vessels were commissioned into service with the Bangladesh Navy in a ceremony in Chattogram on Thursday, November 5. Now officially sailing as part of the ..