Amid the recent spate of attacks on Indian merchant ships in the Arabian Sea, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar, on Wednesday said the Indian Navy was proactively deploying its fleet to keep pirates at bay.
"Drone attacks can happen from anywhere. We have not yet finalised where it has come from. We have been encountering these drones at sea either doing some patrolling, being in the air and doing some surveillance etc or after they have attacked some merchant ship," the Admiral said.
As per the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, "The meet, with an objective to enable inland waterways as conduits of economic growth and commerce in the country, committed an investment of Rs 45,000 crore for the development of river cruise tourism in the country."
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-424 on Saturday undertook the medical evacuation of a 70-year-old patient from Afra Bay on the request of the Andaman administration.
Praising the Indian Navy for its 'daring operation' on the Arabian Sea to rescue a Liberian merchant ship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the marine warriors trawled 2000 kms from the Indian coastline tp thwart the attempted hijack and brought all 21 crew members, including 1
The Inland Waterways Authority of India, under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW), is set to host the inaugural 'Inland Waterways Development Council' meeting in Kolkata on Monday.
According to S&P Global Commodity Insights (GCI), this, in turn, could mitigate the impact on end-consumers as e-fuel supply scales up. E-fuels, derived from electrolytic hydrogen, represent a promising alternative for hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and shipping.
According to S&P Global Commodity Insights (GCI), the decision by A.P. Moller-Maersk, one of the world's largest shipping lines, to divert its ships from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the Cape of Good Hope for "the foreseeable future" heightened apprehensions about the impact on se
Sources in the government said that they were closely watching the unfolding situation in the Red Sea amid growing global concerns over attacks on several commercial ships in the region by suspected Houthi rebels.
In response to the situation, the Indian Navy launched an Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) and diverted INS Chennai, deployed for maritime security operations, to assist the vessel.