NMF, MARG Group Explores Potential of Buckingham Canal to Boost Tamil Nadu Economy

April 23, 2011

National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and MARG Group conducted a Workshop on Inland Waterways – Potential of Buckingham Canal & It’s Impact on Tamil Nadu Economy on April 21, 2011 at Samudra Conference Hall, Marg Pancham,  Sholinganallur, Chennai. Capt K N Ramesh, CEO – Dredging & Logistics of Marine Infrastructure & Services of MARG Group has [...]

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India: PSLV-C16 Launches RESOURCESAT-2 Satellite with AIS Capability

April 20, 2011

India successfully launched PSLV-C16 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 20, 2011. The spacecraft injected the following three satellites into an 822 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO): RESOURCESAT-2 weighing 1206 kg Indo-Russian YOUTHSAT weighing 92 kg Singapore’s X-SAT weighing 106 kg RESOURCESAT-2 is a replacement to RESOURCESAT-1 (launched on October 17, [...]

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Malabar 2011: Indian and U.S. Navy Exercise in Western Pacific Ocean

April 3, 2011

Exercise Malabar 2011 by Indian Navy and U.S. Navy (seventh fleet) is being conducted in the western Pacific Ocean from April 03 to April 10, 2011. Japan is not taking part in the exercise as Japan has not yet recovered from the damage caused by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. So far 13 Malabar exercise [...]

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SIMBEX 2011: 18th Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise

March 31, 2011

The 18th annual Singapore Indian Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) was hosted by Singapore from 18 to 25 March 2011. The bilateral exercise between the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indian Navy (IN) was initially code named as Exercise Lion King (the first exercise commenced in 1994 as anti submarine exercise; the RSN could [...]

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India: Mystery Behind Ballistic Missile Defense Ship USS Decatur Visit to Chennai

March 21, 2011

Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) ship USS Decatur (DDG 73) of U.S. Navy visited Chennai, India from March 16 to 19, 2011. The U.S. press releases say that the visit was to give the ship’s crew a chance to experience the culture of India and to participate in community service (COMSERV) projects. The warship is commanded [...]

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Indian Navy Captures 61 Somali Pirates in Arabian Sea

March 15, 2011

Indian Navy’s INS Kalpeni captured 61 Somali pirates on the night of March 12, 2011 from Vega 5 (a Mozambique flagged fishing vessel that was hijacked on December 28, 2010 and used as pirate ‘mother vessel’) in the Arabian sea about 600 nautical miles west of India. 13 crew members of Vega 5 were also [...]

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Tsunami Relief: USS Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier Underway to Japan

March 13, 2011

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is underway to tsunami affected Japan to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR). USS Ronald Reagan, the flagship of the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group comprising USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), USS Preble (DDG 88) are heading to Honshu, east coast of Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by [...]

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India: Dhanush Nuclear Capable Missile Test Fired from INS Suvarna

March 11, 2011

India’s indigenous, nuclear capable ‘Dhanush’ missile was test fired from Indian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel  INS Suvarna (P 52), off the coast of Orissa on March 11, 2011. (Photo on the right is from Press Information Bureau). Dhanush is the naval version of the ‘Prithvi’ surface-to-surface missile. In addition ‘Prithvi’ missile was also test fired [...]

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Powerful Tsunami Strikes Japan

March 11, 2011

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 (later upgraded to 8.9) occurred near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 0546Z (1446 hours local time of Japan) on March 11, 2011 at 38.3 North, 142.4 East at a depth of 24 km. Within 40 minutes, three more earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or higher, struck in succession in [...]

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Millions of Fish Die Due to Lack of Oxygen at Redondo Beach Marina

March 9, 2011

Millions of silver sardines were found dead and floating at King Harbor marina, Redondo Beach, Southern California on March 08, 2011. Reason ??? Lack of oxygen

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Pakistan Navy Hosts Exercise Aman 11 Together for Peace

March 8, 2011

Pakistan Navy is hosting ‘Exercise Aman 11 – Together for Peace’ at Karachi from March 08 to 12, 2011. This exercise is third of the Aman series. The previous exercises were conducted in 2009 and 2007. Some interesting features of ‘Exercise Aman 11 – Together for Peace’ are: 47 countries were invited to participate in [...]

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Sri Lanka: Navy Builds Inshore Patrol Craft for Coast Guard

March 2, 2011

Sri Lanka Navy has constructed a Inshore Patrol Craft (IPC) for Sri Lanka Coast Guard (Coast Guard was launched in March 04, 2010). The IPC was handed over to Sri Lanka Coast Guard at the Port of Colombo on March 01, 2011. Some interesting features of this IPC construction are: was constructed at SLNS Mahasen [...]

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India: Commander Pacific Fleet US Navy Calls on Chief of Naval Staff

March 1, 2011

Admiral Patrick Michael Walsh, Commander, Pacific Fleet, U.S. Navy, called on the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, in New Delhi on February 28, 2011. This is Admiral Walsh’s first visit to India after taking over as Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Also the visiting Admiral along with a five-member delegation concluded his [...]

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India: MV River Princess off Goa Coast Gets Ready for Removal

February 27, 2011

MV River Princess, a grounded merchant vessel in the year 2000, that remains as an environmental hazard to Goa coast is finally getting ready to be removed from March 05, 2011. Some information available on MV River Princess are: MV River Princess, 240 metre long ore carrier of M/s Salgaocar Mining Industries Ltd ran aground [...]

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Sri Lanka Navy Offers Whale Watching to Promote Maritime Tourism

February 25, 2011

Sri Lanka Navy has started offering ‘whale watching’ ferry service to tourists from January 30, 2011 to promote marine tourism. Some interesting features of ‘whale watching’ program are: from December to April months, Blue and Sperm whales are often sighted closer to the shores of the seas south of Dondra Head and Mirissa of Sri [...]

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