Tag: India

With the security situation in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean area rapidly evolving and the threat to merchant vessels on the rise, the Shipowners' Club is proactively providing operators with current advice and support.

Cool Company (CoolCo) announced that it has entered into a 14-year Time Charter Party with GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL for one of the Company’s two newbuild LNG carriers currently under construction.

According to Reuters, India's ship certification agency has stopped providing safety certifications to Russian oil tankers that are under U.S. sanctions, opting instead to use a domestic provider, according to information on its website.

Tata Steel achieved a significant milestone by conducting its first full-laden voyage powered by B24 biofuel blend from East Coast Australia to India.

Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) is deeply concerned as levels of loneliness and isolation experienced by Indian seafarers are becoming more apparent, particularly on vessels where cultural differences have not been adequately addressed.

The Swedish Club is expanding its enhanced Pre-employment Medical Examination (PEME) program outside of the Philippines and is opening new accredited clinics in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and in five locations across India: Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumba and New Delhi.

According to Reuters, India will bring in and prosecute 35 Somali pirates captured by its navy after they hijacked a ship off the coast of Somalia. This marks a shift from its previous approach of rescuing hijacked vessels and crew but not prosecuting the disarmed pirates.

Operation ATALANTA, the European Union's naval mission against piracy, has provided information regarding the piracy incident involving the Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier MV Abdullah, which was seized in the Indian Ocean on 12th March.

India has submitted three papers to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in view of the upcoming 111th Session of the Legal Committee (LEG), asking the Organization to address current issues regarding the security and contracting terms of seafarers. 

According to GMS’s latest weekly ship-recycling report, as freight markets push further on, global ship recycling markets remain deprived of tonnage, making it an increasingly suffocating environment for ship recyclers to operate in.