Seafarers & Careers
Background: mariners protested plan to issue CDCs to diploma holders in 2025
Reported in July 2025: the Bangladesh Mariners' Community said issuing Continuous Discharge Certificates to marine technology diploma holders would breach STCW rules and risk the IMO White List.
Seafarers & Careers
Banglar Joyjatra crew fly home after 115 days stranded in Hormuz
Sixteen crew of the BSC bulk carrier, including Captain Shafiqul Islam, signed off in Durban and were due in Dhaka on 21 July 2026 after the ship crossed the strait on 23 June.
Seafarers & Careers
Shipping minister tells passing-out cadets they are ‘ready to conquer the world’
The 28th batch of the Chattogram Maritime Institute passed out on 18 April 2026; Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam said maritime training offers guaranteed employment.
