After a two day hunt in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, NATO’s flagship HNLMS Evertsen boarded a pirated dhow on June 29 and released seven hijacked Indian and Bangladeshi crew members. The Omani flagged dhow Nebarkad had been hijacked on 20th June off the coast of Oman, and was used by the pirates [...]
Prompted by a desire to renew its underwater preparedness the Indian Navy has launched the process of procuring survey vessels from indigenous shipyards. As confirmed by a Navy official to the Press Trust of India (PTI), the four planned vessels are required to be 100 per cent indigenous, their primary assignment being conducting hydrographic and [...]
L&T Shipbuilding – a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro – bagged orders, valued at 483 crore (approx. USD 87 million), for four specialized commercial vessels. The orders from Halul Offshore Services Company W.L.L., Qatar, are for design, construction, trials and commissioning of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) and two Anchor Handling, Towing, Supply and Support [...]
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Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) signed a contract for the construction of six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard on 9th May 2012. The vessels are based on in- house design of Goa Shipyard Ltd, which has considerable expertise in designing and constructing a range of Patrol Vessels for the Indian Defence [...]
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On April 27th at the solemn ceremony Shipyard Yantar (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation ) has handed over the Frigate Teg («Sabre») to the Indian Navy. Delivery- Acceptance Act was signed by the Head of Naval Department of JSC Rosoboronexport Oleg Azizov and the Commanding Officer of Indian crew Capt. Rakesh Kumar Dahiya. Right after [...]
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First out of three frigates built by Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) will be delivered to Indian Navy in Apr 2012, reports RIA Novosti. Frigate INS Teg has already passed state trials. Second frigate for Indian Navy – INS Tarkash – is under mooring trials, the third ship – INS Trikand – is being completed at [...]
Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of 04 Indian fishermen on 09th January 2012. The fishermen and their fishing trawler bearing the registration number TN/10/MFB/168 were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard Ship Vajra in the seas off Delft. Sri Lanka Naval Ship Ranadheera, assisted the mission. The four Indian fishermen were rescued [...]
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Sri Lanka Navy rescued 04 Indian fishermen in the seas north of Thalaimannar on 04th January 2012. They were found onboard an Indian fishing trawler which had developed a mechanical problem at mid-sea. The fishermen were safely brought ashore and handed over to Thalaimannar Police for onward action. Their trawler bearing the registration number TN/10/MFB/380 [...]
The Singaporean-flagged Maersk Seletar, with length of 319 meters and capacity of 6,478 TEUs, called at DP World Nhava Sheva accounting for the longest container vessel that has ever called the Indian Port in its 22 years of operations. Maersk Seletar together with her sister vessel Maersk Sembawang, which called at DP World Cochin [...]
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Wasamba of the Northern Naval Command rescued four Indian fishermen whose boat had run aground off the coast of Delft Island on 18th December 2011. The boat with four Indian fishermen onboard was drifted ashore being caught in the rough sea conditions. It had run aground and been partly sunk [...]
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