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M/V SarsenConversion and refit to exploration passenger vessel with ice classLocation:Australia
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M/V Seaway Invincible71 m Built 1970DP and ROV Survey Support ShipLocation:Morgan City Area, Louisiana USA
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

M/V Uto26, 9 m Converted with total refit to Private-Charter-Exploration Yacht in Northern Germany 2006-2007Location:
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Friday, November 21, 2008

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Contact InformationBiman Bangladesh Airlines LimitedBALAKA, Zia International Airport, KurmitolaDhaka, BangladeshTel. +880-2-8917400-29Fax +86-10-6641-5678
Type: PrivateOn the web: http://www.bimanair.com/
Take off and tuck in with Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The company, also known as Biman Air, is the national airline of Bangladesh. Its 12 planes carry passengers to four domestic airports and to nearly 20 international destinations from its hub in the capital city of Dhaka. Countries served include India, Japan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand. Biman Air also flies to London, Rome, and New York. In addition, the airline provides cargo services under the Biman Cargo name, and its catering service provides in-flight meals for other airlines operating out of Dhaka, including Russian carrier Aeroflot. Biman Air was established in 1972.
Officers:Managing Director and CEO: M. A. MomenDirector Finance: Muhammad Tahir HusainDirector Flight Operations: Crop Production
Competitors:AeroflotAir IndiaJet Airways

Amadeus ties up with Biman Bangladesh Airlines for e-ticketing
Bangladesh / Singapore (Asia Pacific) 12 April 2007: Amadeus, a global leader in technology for the travel and tourism industry, today announced the the launch of electronic ticketing with Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national carrier of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The move will see greater ease and convenience for passengers booking flights on the airlines via travel agents.

“Amadeus is delighted to be the first Global Distribution System (GDS) provider selected to work in partnership with Biman Bangladesh Airlines, and assist them in their transition to a paperless ticketing system. Pressed to comply with the year end deadline set by International Air Transport Association (IATA), many airlines are racing against time to jump onto the e-ticketing bandwagon,” said Damian Hickey, Vice President Airline Business Group Asia Pacific. “Besides saving costs for the airlines, e-ticketing also offers significant opportunities to improve passenger convenience and reduce processing time which is needed in the issuance and disribution of traditional tickets.”

Essentially, e-ticketing has been rapidly gaining recognition for its ROI by many airlines across the globe. Through the elimination of paper usage, it offers greater flexibility to passengers and travel agents, especially changes are to be made to the itinerary. Furthermore, it helps remove unnecessary processing charges that is otherwise essential for traditional tickets.

“At Biman Bangladesh Airlines, we strive to provide the best for our passengers. Through e-ticketing, we are now able to eradicate needless costs incurred from traditional ticketing. Additionally, it also helps to reduce a noteworthy level of passenger stress. No longer will passengers have to fret about losing their tickets.” said Mohammad Shah Newaz, General Manager Sales of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
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Transit at Dhaka
Since the Bangkok flight was 2 hours late, this cut short my transit time at Dhaka to about 4 hours. After deplane, I went to the transfer desk immediately to obtain the next sector's boardng pass but was given a Biman token and asked to check 1 hour before departure time. The staff also issued me a Maslin Executive Lounge pass but when I arrived there, the door was unlocked but no staff was in there and light were turned off. Instead the shabby Biman lounge, the manager at the Sheraton Hotel Airport lounge managed to accept me there to enjoy better amenties and service. SQ, MH, EK, KU also use this lounge in Dhaka.I was later invited to join the delayed Hajj Saudi flight pilgrims to dine together in the dining hall at the airport. Quite an interesting experience.

Dec 27,2006 Bangkok - DhakaBG085 A310-324(ET) S2-ADK, 152 POBTrip Purpose: To fly the DC-10 on Biman, one of the last remain carriers still operating DC10s.
My interest of flying Biman DC10 stemmed from capturing a breath taking rotation of S2-ACP "City of Dhaka" back in June 06 at Manchester. The DC10 was a highlight of my trip to Manchester and weather cleared in time to allow the DC10 shine in front of many cameras like no other plane does! It was such a lovely sight to see the DC10 speed up, rotate and climb away with black smoke trails behind......I made several enquiries by phone calls to Biman's Singapore and Bangkok office from home. After some schedule plannings and comparisions, I chose to fly from Bangkok to Rome via Dhaka and with a technical stop at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Check in at new Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport was easy in the late afternoon at Row W, the last row of the large single terminal building structure. The flight shows 30 mins delay with departure time at 1750, compare to schedule at 1720. I heard many horror stories about Biman's lateness up to a week so I am well prepared.Boarding started at 1730, after entering the plane the chief purser Ms Sonali took me to my Maslin Executive Class seat 3L, a window seat on the right. After seating down for 10 minutes and stowed my bags away, an announcement came asking all passenger to deplane without reasons! No one was taking it seriously and passengers continue to sit at their seats. A few following announcements was made later to ask all passengers to return to departure lounge because of fog in Dhaka was so heavy that the plane would not be able to land until the situation gets better! And it took a further 30 mins for all passenger to agree to leave the plane, an entertaining and interesting small riot was demonstrated by the Indian passengers who were connecting to Delhi and Kolkata. It wasn't an easy job to persuade all passenger to leave as cabin crew literally push the crowd to leave.After 30-40 mins of uncertainty whether we can takeoff on the same day, passengers were called to re-board the plane again. I was very glad that to be able to make it so I can meet my connection at Dhaka onwards to Rome on the DC-10. We took off at Bangkok at 1930, 2 hours behind schedule and flight time to Dhaka is 2hr 15 minutes at Flight Level 360. There were only 2 passengers in Business Class, USA Ambassador to Bangladesh and myself. Later some freeloaders attempted to seat in Business class.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Sunday, November 9, 2008

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Saturday, November 8, 2008

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Friday, November 7, 2008

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

British PM seeking billions to boost IMF reserves Seattle Times
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