
MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 01 - 15 JUNE 2022
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended…

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF MARITIME SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION: A CASE STUDY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS) – PART I
Overview
“States that adjoin this ocean are differentiated by their varying political ideologies, by the God they pray to, by the language they converse in, by their history and their race.”[1]
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has variously…

THE ISPS CODE AND THE MARITIME SECURITY OF INDIA PART - II
This is the second part of an article on the very basics of the ISPS Code and its applicability to Indian ship- and port-facility security. It is reiterated that this article has been written to provide fundamental, baseline-information…

ISPS CODE AND MARITIME SECURITY OF INDIA PART – I
The International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code is of utmost importance for the safety and security of India’s maritime sector, as it safeguards international trade relations and this, in turn, ensures the growth of the Indian economy. …
ICG ship and ACV apprehends Bangladeshi poachersTHE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING
In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly in its annual resolution on sustainable fisheries declared 05 June as the ‘International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing’. The UN also declared…
