Lt Brig Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno, Commander of the Brazilian Air Force, and Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Indian Naval Staff, met in New Delhi to discuss strengthening bilateral defence ties. This meeting is part of a broader effort to enhance maritime cooperation between the two na
This significant maritime exercise took place from September 2 to 4, 2024 in the Mediterranean Sea, following a port visit by INS Tabar to Toulon, France, from August 29 to September 1, 2024, as per an official press release by the Indian Navy.
The Sagarmanthan Dialogue is anticipated to attract a diverse array of stakeholders, including leaders, policymakers, strategic thinkers, scholars, intergovernmental organisations, maritime policy research institutions, media, civil society, and industry representatives.
The inaugural event
Amid growing tension in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller condemned China's aggressive actions. In a post on X, Miller stated, "The United States stands with our Philippine allies and condemns the dangerous and escalatory a
Mazumdar said on Monday that that discussion on the maritime security will be held with Singaporean leadership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Singapore.
Indian Navy's frontline frigate, INS Tabar, has conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with Spanish Navy Ship Atalaya in the Mediterranean Sea. The exercise was conducted after INS Tabar departed from Spain's Malaga after a two-day visit from August 25-27.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch India's largest deep-water port, Vadhvan, in Palghar, Maharashtra, on Friday, with an investment of Rs 76,220 crore.
Chinese companies dominate the globe's maritime supply chain and is home to seven of the world's ten busiest ports. With capacity doubling over the past decade, China now controls the world's largest shipping fleet by gross tonnage, plus it produces more than 95% of shipping containers. W
Notably, Beijing and Manila have had heightened maritime confrontations in recent months, raising concerns of a conflict that could draw in the United States, a military ally of the Philippines.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin celebrated the progress made across several bilateral defence initiatives, including efforts to increase supply chain security and enhance maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.
The two leaders also appreciated the progress made in operationalising the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness, a Quad initiative, and India's ongoing efforts to enhance the Maritime Domain Awareness for its partners in the Indian Ocean Region.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday visited Maritime Training Institute (MTI), Powai, a leading institution dedicated to imparting benchmark training in the maritime field for more than three decades.