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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 […]

As concerns over China’s grey-zone warfare tactics intensify, Taiwan is significantly ramping up sea cable patrols to protect critical undersea cables linking the island to the global internet. These cables are emerging as a potential weak point in Taiwan’s communications infrastructure, and in response the Taiwan Coast Guard has placed protecting them at the top […]

New Delhi, India – September 10, 2025 – India has broken new ground by hosting, for the first time in nearly five decades, the 48th Annual Conference on Oceans Law & Policy (COLP48)—an authoritative international forum on oceans governance. The event is organized by Gujarat Maritime University (GMU) in partnership with the World Maritime University […]

India is self-assured for a maritime transformation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver the keynote address at the Global Maritime CEO Forum during India Maritime Week 2025, scheduled for 27–31 October in Mumbai. This landmark event will unveil nearly ₹1 trillion maritime investment across shipbuilding, port connectivity, eco-logistics, and coastal community development. […]

New Delhi, August 2025 In a landmark stride towards transforming India’s maritime infrastructure, both houses of Parliament have passed the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, signalling the end of over a century of colonial-era regulation under the Indian Ports Act, 1908. This decisive reform aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a globally competitive, self-reliant […]