Hindustan Shipyard to build tug quartet for Indian Navy
Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) has been awarded a contract to build four new tugs for the Indian Navy.
- Published in Harbour Tugs and Operation
FEATURE | India’s submarine rivalry with China in the second nuclear age
There are substantially fewer nuclear weapons today than at the height of the Cold War. Yet the overall risks of nuclear war – by design, accident, rogue launch or system error – have grown in the second nuclear age. That’s because more countries with fragile command-and-control systems possess these deadly weapons. Terrorists want them, and they are vulnerable to human error, system malfunction and cyberattack.
- Published in Submersibles (Naval)
FEATURE | China may only seek a limited naval role in the Indian Ocean
Among the many questions raised by the massive modernisation and expansion of China’s Navy in the last few years is its future role in the Indian Ocean. Will the Indian Ocean become a Chinese lake?
- Published in Naval
Indian defence ministry approves procurement of six AIP submarines
India’s Ministry of Defence has approved the procurement of the country’s first diesel-electric submarines that will be fitted with air independent propulsion (AIP).
- Published in Submersibles (Naval)
Fesco ship sails on resupply mission for India’s Antarctica research stations
Fesco’s icebreaking dry cargo vessel Vasiliy Golovnin is now sailing towards Antarctica to deliver supplies to the scientific stations operated by India’s National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR).
- Published in Dry Cargo World
Dutch owner fined for beaching vessel prior to scrapping
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) of the Netherlands has imposed a huge fine on a local shipowner for having beached one of its vessels for scrapping in India after the risks it posed to people and the environment became evident.
- Published in Boxship World
Four bidders shortlisted for Greater Kochi metro ferry project
Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) has shortlisted two local and two foreign-owned companies for a project to design, build, and deliver a fleet of modern ferries for use in India’s Greater Kochi region.
- Published in Ferries
Titagarh launches first of two new research vessels for India
Indian shipbuilder Titagarh Wagons has launched Sagar Tara ("Sea Star"), the first of a new series of two coastal research vessels (CRVs) being built for the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) of India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- Published in Marine Research and Training
Indian Navy takes delivery of second DSRV
James Fisher Defence (JFD) has delivered the second of two Deep Submergence Rescue Vessels (DSRVs) to the Indian Navy to enhance the service's capability to rescue personnel aboard submarines in distress.
- Published in Submersibles (Naval)
Indian Navy commissions fifth Mark IV LCU
L-55, the fifth of the class of eight Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ships built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Wednesday, December 19.
- Published in Ships (Naval)