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MISW 2025 focuses on maritime information sharing and real-time coordination across the Indian Ocean Region to enhance maritime security.

India Maritime Week 2025: A Historic Milestone for India’s Maritime Growth India Maritime Week 2025 has marked one of the most remarkable chapters in the country’s maritime journey. With an investment commitment of more than ₹12 Lakh Crore and the signing of over 600 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), the event stands as a huge boost […]

PM Modi Addresses Maritime Leaders Conclave Prime Minister Modi addressed the Maritime Leaders Conclave and chaired the Global Maritime CEO Forum during India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Welcoming global delegates, investors, policymakers, port authorities, and maritime innovators, he stated that the event has grown from a domestic industry initiative in 2016 into a […]

India Maritime Week 2025 showcases green shipping, port modernisation, and defence shipbuilding partnerships under India’s maritime vision.

India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai showcases India’s maritime hub ambitions, green shipping goals and major investment pledges.

Indian Coast Guard rescues 31 fishermen adrift for 11 days in the Arabian Sea; vessel towed to Honnavar after steering failure.

Indian Navy boards burning MT Falcon LPG tanker in Gulf of Aden; firefighting, sea rescue and recovery operations underway.

New Mangalore Port Authority marks 50 years as 8 projects launched to boost capacity, health, green practice & logistics under Sagarmala projects.

India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025 is set to become one of the most significant maritime events in the country’s history, showcasing India’s ambitions to become a global maritime leader. The event, to be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, will bring together global and domestic stakeholders to explore opportunities in the maritime sector, […]

Introduction When you hear “ports”, you often think of ships, cranes, and containers. But what if ports could also become engines for clean energy? That’s exactly what India has embarked upon. On 10 October 2025, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways officially recognised three major ports as Green Hydrogen Hubs under the National Green […]

On 6 October 2025, the Government of India marked a significant milestone in the country’s maritime journey: the induction of VLGC Shivalik under the Indian flag. This event welcomed by Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal at Visakhapatnam Port symbolises India’s commitment to maritime atmanirbharata (self-reliance in shipping). It also signals a push toward becoming a […]

In late September 2025, Karandeep Singh Rana, a 22-year-old merchant navy cadet from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, missing during a voyage in the Indian Ocean. Karandeep was working as a deck cadet (a trainee officer) on board the oil tanker Front Princess, operated by Singapore-based Executive Ship Management. The tanker was en-route from Iraq to China […]

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) convened a comprehensive national exercise off the coast of Chennai on October 5–6, 2025, combining the 10th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-X) with the 27th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) preparedness meeting — a focused push to sharpen the country’s oil spill response and marine pollution preparedness. […]

Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has signalled a major enforcement push against shipowners and crewing agencies by issuing a draft circular that blacklists 86 foreign-flagged vessels and orders the immediate repatriation of Indian seafarers found aboard them. The move, dated 5 September 2025, is aimed squarely at recurring cases of abandonment, non-payment of wages and […]

A string of undersea cable cuts near the Red Sea has disrupted internet connectivity across multiple countries in Asia and the Middle East, with India among those experiencing performance degradation. The incidents involve major subsea cable systems such as SMW4 (South East Asia–Middle East-Western Europe 4), IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), FALCON GCX, and the Europe […]