Dutch marine contractor Boskalis recently completed an extensive land reclamation campaign on the island of Gulhifalhu in the Maldives. The works were carried out over a period of nine months using the trailing suction hopper dredgers Oranje, Queen of the Netherlands, Willem van Oranje, and Prins...
The government of Maldives has begun a land reclamation project wherein an island in the Fushi Dhiggaru Lagoon will be expanded by approximately 1,153 hectares. The inauguration of the Ras Male land reclamation project, Maldives’ largest land reclamation project to date, was held on Monday,...
DEME has been awarded a number of capital and maintenance dredging contracts in India, the Maldives, and Malaysia. At Kakinada Port in India, where DEME has frequently been performing dredging works, the newly awarded scope includes deepening of the existing berths, the turning circle, and the...
Understanding what’s happening in the maritime domain, known as maritime domain awareness (MDA), is an essential element for any country that wishes to govern its marit ..
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Despite Australia’s hopes, the Indian military will not be participating in the Australian Defence Force’s multinational Exercise Talisman Sabre later this month. But ..
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Boskalis has begun the second phase of ongoing land reclamation activities on the island of Gulhifalhu in Maldives. The second phase will entail dredging and reclaiming t ..
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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 ..
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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) recently adopted nine resolutions, notably on bigeye tuna, electronic monitoring system, and cetaceans, by consensus at its recent ..
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The Indian government, through the Ministry of Defence, recently donated a fast patrol vessel to the Maldives National Defence Forces. The 48-metre vessel is the former I ..
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An alliance of international partners has completed a systematic survey of ocean life in the Maldives, covering an area between the surface of the Indian Ocean to depths ..
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