Making Waves Archives - National Maritime Foundation

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 19 APRIL 2021 – 03 MAY 2021

In a stunning display of capacity-building, China’s naval shipbuilding programme commissioned three new vessels in a single day. Meanwhile, in India, the Indian Navy has launched Operation Samudra Setu-II to transport liquid medical-grade…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 12 APRIL 2021 – 18 APRIL 2021

Following Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's allusion of the Indo-Pacific as an “Asian NATO,” External Affairs Minister, Shri S Jaishankar, reassured his counterpart that Indian interests in this concept are driven by China's illegal…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 05 APRIL 2021 – 11 APRIL 2021

A Freedom of Navigation patrol by the USS John Paul Jones through India’s Exclusive Economic Zone, without the prior consent of the Indian government shows that the two QUAD partners still have to iron-out fundamental issues vital to their…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 29 MARCH 2021 – 04 APRIL 2021

China’s 25-year economic cooperation agreement, worth $400 billion, with Iran, could subvert India’s attempts to establish itself as a reliable partner through modest investments in Iran’s port infrastructure. Elsewhere, India’s Adani…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 22 MARCH 2021 – 28 MARCH 2021

The dislodging of the stranded MV Ever Given from the banks of the Suez Canal did not end the legal troubles of the Japanese owners of the ill-fated ship. Facing insurance claims by the cargo owners of ships stuck in the logjam and damage…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 15 MARCH 2021 – 21 MARCH 2021

The emergence of the instability in Mozambique as a new security threat on Africa’s east coast has attracted military assistance from Russia, the US, Portugal, France, Australia and South Africa. An expansion of an Islamist insurgency to the…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 08 MARCH 2021 – 14 MARCH 2021

A suspected Israeli angle to an explosion on board an Iranian container ship off Syria’s coast threatens to flare into another round of sea-based tit-for-tat strikes by these adversaries. An outbreak of hostilities, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic,…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 1 MARCH 2021 – 7 MARCH 2021

A surge of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea has led to calls for a major naval mission to police the maritime route off West Africa's two largest oil producers, Nigeria and Angola. Meanwhile, Singapore’s commitment to combatting the rise…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 22 FEBRUARY 2021 – 28 FEBRUARY 2021

The evolving geopolitical contours of India's relationship with China over the past year has now set its sights on reducing the trade imbalance between the two competitors. Reduction of the average turnaround time for ships at major ports in…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 15 FEBRUARY 2021 – 21 FEBRUARY 2021

The signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mauritius is India's first such engagement with an African partner. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation & Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius is a culmination of India's External…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 08 FEBRUARY 2021 – 14 FEBRUARY 2021

Although looking at a severe shortage of frigates in the near future, the Royal Navy has stepped up its commitments in the distant Indo-Pacific by announcing the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR). This…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 01 FEBRUARY 2021 – 7 FEBRUARY 2021

Even as Beijing launched a second Type 054 Class Frigate for the Pakistani Navy, Turkey - another of Pakistan's all-weather ally - has begun the construction of the third ship of MILGEM class corvettes for its ally's at the Istanbul Naval…