The busiest ports in the world are determined on the basis of the container traffic passing through them. Thus, it is not necessary that the biggest ports in the world are also the busiest ports in the world. The marine domain has increased by leaps and bounds in the past few decades, necessitating port and […]
NEW DELHI: Apiring to play a leading role in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India has deployed several of its ships in the area, including a fleet of four vessels which entered a Chinese port today as part of their sailing mission in South China sea. Along with the deployment in South China sea and […]
Beijing: Four Indian naval warships, on a first in six years goodwill tour to China, docked at the Shanghai port on Wednesday to a warm reception by the Chinese navy, as the two forces work to overcome mistrust and warm up for maritime cooperation. Rana — a Rajput class guided missile destroyer, Shivalik — a […]
By Adam Valen Levinson The Bamadhaf Shipping Company in Aden is supposedly the only agency that can arrange passenger transit on cargo boats out of Yemen. Their building sits down a decrepit, graffiti-covered side street off the apocalyptic main drag of Aden’s Mu’alla neighborhood. When I arrived, thousands of gray bricks peppered the landscape in […]
Seafarers perform an admirable service to the people by helping move different types of ships and a variety of cargo from one port to the other, complying with a number of regulations and facing dangerous risks such as maritime terrorism and rough weather. Several issues faced by the shipping industry have made seafarers’ lives at […]
Taiwan’s military said on Monday it is looking into how a top-secret computer from a “stealth” warship went missing, amid concerns it might have fallen into Chinese hands. This file photo shows Kuang Hua No. 6 class boats from the Taiwanese navy taking part in a drill off Tsoying, the island’s leading naval port, in […]
by Jessica Lincoln — MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN about the rise of piracy in West Africa. The nexus of criminality, drug trafficking, weapons proliferation and state weakness frames our understanding and perceptions of the region. Maritime companies release updates of pirate attacks and suggested modus operandi of criminal operators. and their picture of West African piracy is […]
In a first, India and Japan will hold a bilateral naval exercise off the coast of Tokyo starting June 9. Four Indian warships including the INS Rana, INS Shakti and INS Shivalik are in Tokyo harbour to commemorate 60 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between two countries and while coming from there, they will […]
LASQORAY, Somalia 02 Jun 2012 (Garowe Online) – Somaliland naval forces attacked a crew of engineers assessing the port of Lasqoray a town under Puntland authority, Radio Garowe reports. According to Deputy Minister of Security Abdijamal Osman Mohamed Somaliland naval forces attacked a crew of engineers who were aboard a ship escorted by Puntland forces […]
LAEM CHAEBANG, Thailand– Sailors from U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Marines from the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific departed from Laem Chaebang, Thailand after a five-day port visit. The port visit represented an opportunity for Sailors and Marines to serve as goodwill ambassadors from the U.S., […]