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Opinion | India's New Maritime Laws Deliver Ease Of Business Only For A Few
The legislative trifecta - the Indian Ports Act, 2025; the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025; and the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 - was passed in a session marred by disruption, without meaningful debate or scrutiny.
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Navy Receives Indigenously-Built Anti-submarine Warfare Ship 'Androth'
The Indian Navy has received an indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare ship that is expected to boost its maritime prowess against the backdrop of China's growing forays into the Indian Ocean.
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World's Longest Climate-Neutral Cruise To Launch Along Norway's Coastline
Havila Voyages will debut a 12-day voyage running along Norway's stunning 9,260 km (5,753 miles) coastline, starting in Bergen and reaching Kirkenes.
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Coast Guard Detains 14 Sri Lankan Fishermen, Seizes 5 Boats For Poaching
The officials onboard the Coast Guard ship Rani Durgavati, on patrol near Palk Strait, noticed suspicious boats about 15 nautical miles away from Kodiakarai (Point Calimere) in coastal Tamil Nadu.
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Foreign Merchant Ship Hits Fishing Boat Off Cochin Coast
Some fishermen sustained minor injuries when a foreign merchant vessel hit a fishing boat in the shipping route off Cochin coast early today.
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India Sends Help To Sri Lankan Navy To Douse Flames On Fire-Hit Vessel
India has dispatched two Coast Guard vessels and an aircraft to help Sri Lankan Navy douse the flames on a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Colombo last week, amid intensified efforts by the coastal command to extinguish the flames.
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One Dead As Sailors Jump From Burning Ship Near Andhra Coast
Twenty-nine crew members of an offshore support ship jumped into the waters off the Andhra Pradesh coast after a fire broke out on the vessel this morning, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
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Fani Now "Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm", Odisha On Alert: 10 Points
Cyclone Fani, which is forming over the Bay of Bengal with wind speeds up to 200 kmph, has turned into an "extremely severe cyclonic" storm, the Navy said late on Tuesday night. Coastal Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are on high alert. Cyclone Fani is expected to hit the Odisha coast by May 3. "The speed of Cyclone Fani at the time of rainfa...
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"Wary" Bangladesh To Weigh India's Offer To Use Its Ports: Report
Bangladesh will evaluate cautiously a recent Indian offer asking the country to use its Kolkata and Haldia ports for transshipment to make coastal shipping more cost effective for bilateral trade, officials and reports said in Dhaka on Monday.
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India, Vietnam Hold Maiden Joint Drill In Bay Of Bengal
A Vietnam Coast Guard ship on its maiden visit in Chennai undertook joint exercises with the Indian Coast Guard off the city coast Thursday, aimed at strengthening the working level relationship between them.
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Goa MLAs Meet Nitin Gadkari, Demand Renewal Of Mining Leases
Goan MLAs on Monday met Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari in the national capital to urge the central government to find ways and means to resume mining in the coastal state. The Supreme Court has directed that all mining activity in Goa should stop after March 15 and the leases issued afresh.
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Hundreds Of ISIS Corpses In Freezers, No Country Wants To Receive Them
Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.
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Debris Of Myanmar Plane With Over 100 On Board Found In Andaman Sea
A Myanmar military plane carrying 104 people went missing on Wednesday over the Andaman Sea, sparking an air and sea search.
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Cyclone Mora: Indian Navy Plucks 33 Survivors, Body, From Sea
An Indian navy ship has plucked 33 people and a body from rough seas off Bangladesh, officials said Wednesday, a day after Cyclone Mora battered coastal areas with violent winds and rain that left six dead.
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Navy Launches Tomahawk Missiles At Rebel Sites In Yemen After Attacks On U.S. Ships
The U.S. Navy launched Tomahawk missiles early Thursday from the Red Sea at three coastal radar sites in Yemen, destroying targets associated with rebel missile attacks on U.S. ships this week.
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Opinion | India's New Maritime Laws Deliver Ease Of Business Only For A Few
The legislative trifecta - the Indian Ports Act, 2025; the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025; and the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 - was passed in a session marred by disruption, without meaningful debate or scrutiny.
-
Navy Receives Indigenously-Built Anti-submarine Warfare Ship 'Androth'
The Indian Navy has received an indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare ship that is expected to boost its maritime prowess against the backdrop of China's growing forays into the Indian Ocean.
-
World's Longest Climate-Neutral Cruise To Launch Along Norway's Coastline
Havila Voyages will debut a 12-day voyage running along Norway's stunning 9,260 km (5,753 miles) coastline, starting in Bergen and reaching Kirkenes.
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Coast Guard Detains 14 Sri Lankan Fishermen, Seizes 5 Boats For Poaching
The officials onboard the Coast Guard ship Rani Durgavati, on patrol near Palk Strait, noticed suspicious boats about 15 nautical miles away from Kodiakarai (Point Calimere) in coastal Tamil Nadu.
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Foreign Merchant Ship Hits Fishing Boat Off Cochin Coast
Some fishermen sustained minor injuries when a foreign merchant vessel hit a fishing boat in the shipping route off Cochin coast early today.
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India Sends Help To Sri Lankan Navy To Douse Flames On Fire-Hit Vessel
India has dispatched two Coast Guard vessels and an aircraft to help Sri Lankan Navy douse the flames on a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Colombo last week, amid intensified efforts by the coastal command to extinguish the flames.
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One Dead As Sailors Jump From Burning Ship Near Andhra Coast
Twenty-nine crew members of an offshore support ship jumped into the waters off the Andhra Pradesh coast after a fire broke out on the vessel this morning, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
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Fani Now "Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm", Odisha On Alert: 10 Points
Cyclone Fani, which is forming over the Bay of Bengal with wind speeds up to 200 kmph, has turned into an "extremely severe cyclonic" storm, the Navy said late on Tuesday night. Coastal Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are on high alert. Cyclone Fani is expected to hit the Odisha coast by May 3. "The speed of Cyclone Fani at the time of rainfa...
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"Wary" Bangladesh To Weigh India's Offer To Use Its Ports: Report
Bangladesh will evaluate cautiously a recent Indian offer asking the country to use its Kolkata and Haldia ports for transshipment to make coastal shipping more cost effective for bilateral trade, officials and reports said in Dhaka on Monday.
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India, Vietnam Hold Maiden Joint Drill In Bay Of Bengal
A Vietnam Coast Guard ship on its maiden visit in Chennai undertook joint exercises with the Indian Coast Guard off the city coast Thursday, aimed at strengthening the working level relationship between them.
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Goa MLAs Meet Nitin Gadkari, Demand Renewal Of Mining Leases
Goan MLAs on Monday met Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari in the national capital to urge the central government to find ways and means to resume mining in the coastal state. The Supreme Court has directed that all mining activity in Goa should stop after March 15 and the leases issued afresh.
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Hundreds Of ISIS Corpses In Freezers, No Country Wants To Receive Them
Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.
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Debris Of Myanmar Plane With Over 100 On Board Found In Andaman Sea
A Myanmar military plane carrying 104 people went missing on Wednesday over the Andaman Sea, sparking an air and sea search.
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Cyclone Mora: Indian Navy Plucks 33 Survivors, Body, From Sea
An Indian navy ship has plucked 33 people and a body from rough seas off Bangladesh, officials said Wednesday, a day after Cyclone Mora battered coastal areas with violent winds and rain that left six dead.
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Navy Launches Tomahawk Missiles At Rebel Sites In Yemen After Attacks On U.S. Ships
The U.S. Navy launched Tomahawk missiles early Thursday from the Red Sea at three coastal radar sites in Yemen, destroying targets associated with rebel missile attacks on U.S. ships this week.
