For all the attention given to the Quad, the grouping itself has devoted limited time to the Indian Ocean – the “Indo” part of the Indo-Pacific region. As the two c ..
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will invite expressions of interest (EOI) from interested players for a Rs 41,000 crore international transhipment port project at Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. The ministry in a release on Friday said that the project is expected to be complete with an investment of Rs 41,000 crore (USD 5 billion), including investment from both government and PPP concessionaire, reports The Economic Times.
As maritime neighbours, India and Australia form the bookends of the Indian Ocean region. At a time of “big power muscle movement”, as Australia’s Navy Fleet Comman ..
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) of India recently delivered a new ferry to the country’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands government. Named Nalanda after a famed historical site in wh ..
Newly completed vessels include a ferry for an Indonesian operator, a vehicle ferry for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and a Mississippi River cruise ship. Constructio ..
New ferries have entered service in the US, India, and the German Baltic Sea while a new river cruise ship begins operational sailings in Germany. An Italian shipyard has ..
The Indian Ocean is an increasingly contested strategic environment. A growing Chinese naval presence raises the prospect that Beijing may seek to challenge US naval domi ..
The Indian Coast Guard successfully rescued all nine crewmembers of a tug that suffered water ingress while sailing in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, June 23. Two coast ..
As India and Australia prepare for a virtual summit next month between prime ministers amid the coronavirus pandemic, a possible strategic initiative could involve the ..