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India announced that the existing Deep Water route will be replaced by a Traffic Separation Scheme and existing safety fairway on approaches to the Gulf of Kutch is also replaced with revised safety fairway, from 1st September 2022.

The Indian Government has directed all major ports to exempt all berth hiring and vessel-related charges being currently levied to the Ro-Pax and Passenger Ferries for the next six months with immediate effect.

The Indian Coast Guard saved 22 crew members of a product tanker that was taking on water in the Arabian Sea off the Indian state of Gujarat.

India’s Cochin Shipyard constructed two autonomous barges for the Norwegian grocery company ASKO, and were delivered on June 24, leaving India on June 27.

The Indian Coast Guard saved the lives of 15 Syrian seafarers after they abandoned their sinking cargo ship.

Capt Shiv Halbe, chief executive officer of India’s Maritime Association of Shipowners Shipmanagers and Agents (MASSA) highlighted that  CPR training is important when it comes to preserving the health of Indian seafarers while discharging duties aboard the cargo vessels.

The Quadrilateral Security Alliance (Quad), a defense cooperation group that includes the US, India, Australia and Japan, will launch a joint satellite-based tracking system aimed at Chinese illegal fishing. 

Two weeks have passed since a Kerala-based Indian sailor gone missing in the waters off Tunisia, without any updates on his case.

The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) announced that Denmark and India have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to establish a center of excellence on green shipping.

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in India decided to develop and build the first indigenous Hydrogen Fuelled Electric Vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited, kick-starting the efforts of the country towards green shipping.