Notably, INSV Kaundinya, will undertake her maiden overseas voyage on December 29, 2025. The vessel will be flagged off from Porbandar, Gujarat, for Muscat, Oman, symbolically retracing the historic maritime routes that connected India to the wider Indian Ocean world for millennia.
The Indian Navy's pioneering stitched sailing vessel (INSV) Kaundinya is set to embark on her maiden voyage on December 29, the Ministry of Defence said in an official statement.
Nearly 95 per cent of India's trade by volume and about 70 per cent by value moves through maritime routes, underlining the sector's centrality to India's economy and competitiveness. Data from a government press release highlights that the maritime sector is the backbone of India's global t
The global economy, food security, and energy supplies are at increasing risk due to vulnerabilities at key maritime routes, according to the Review of Maritime Transport 2024 from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will focus on aspects like ways to curtail drug trafficking through maritime routes, and stringent punitive action on drug traffickers resulting in zero tolerance in the Regional Conference on 'Drug Trafficking and National Security' in Karnataka' Bengaluru o
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): The US Defense Department has started sending the shipment of weapons to Ukraine by sea, according to The Washington Post citing US defense officials.
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The seventh edition of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), which was hosted by the French Navy at La Reunion in Italy, concluded on Thursday.