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LEGACIES & LEARNINGS: A CASE STUDY OF OIL SPILLS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION

Oil spills cause severe distress to marine and coastal ecosystems and impair the livelihoods and health of people who are dependent on these ecosystems. These impacts have been studied and documented for decades, which has led to more effective…

MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY IN INDIA: FISHERIES “MCS” A KEY ENABLER

Introduction India has close to 2,60,000 registered fishing vessels.[1] These include deep-sea fishing vessels (61), motorised mechanical vessels (62,130), motorised non-mechanical vessels (1,40,272) and non-motorised/traditional boats…

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INDIA’S GAS-BASED ECONOMY: A BRIDGE TO A TRANSITION OR A GATEWAY TO ENERGY INSECURITY?

Until the mid-twentieth century, natural gas was mostly treated as a by-product of crude oil and “flared” (burned as a waste product) during the recovery of the latter.[1] Restricted to meeting the lighting needs of the local community,…

HYDROGEN FUEL ADOPTION: AN OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROACH PART 5: HYDROGEN-FUEL — THE OPTION-OF-CHOICE FOR INDIA

This is the fifth and final segment of the NMF’s five-part advocacy[1] of the adoption of hydrogen derived from Ocean Renewable Energy Resources (ORER) and the adoption of this hydrogen-fuel, instead of fossil-fuels, for India’s maritime-transport…

Energy Observer, launched in April 2017, is the first vessel in the world to both generate and be powered by hydrogen, relying on a renewable energy mix for onboard production.

HYDROGEN FUEL ADOPTION: AN OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROACH PART 4: HYDROGEN-FUEL FROM ‘ORER’ — A HYBRID SOLUTION FOR MARITIME ACTIVITY

This is the fourth and penultimate tranche of the NMF’s ongoing effort to provide Indian policy-makers with a compelling set of arguments to not only support ocean renewable energy resources (ORER) as an economically viable and ecologically…

HYDROGEN FUEL ADOPTION: AN OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROACH PART 3: OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE

This is the third tranche (Part 3) of an ongoing advocacy of the need for India to secure its future energy-security by effecting a transition away from fossil fuels. The various parts, taken in aggregate, seek to provide Indian policy-makers…

CRUDE-OIL STORAGE IN AN ERA OF PLENTY: Part 1: INDIA’S STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVES

Abstract Excess crude oil in the global market, coupled with the drastic reduction of consumption in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant curtailment of seaborne transport, have led to a phenomenon hitherto unseen in…

BLUE ECONOMY: A CATALYST FOR INDIA’S ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST POLICY’

There is an emerging narrative which pushes a green agenda for India’s maritime outlook. Blue economy, an idea as conceived by Gunter Pauli, has already received recognition among the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littoral states. Blue…

ANALYSIS OF THE UNION BUDGET 2017: THE MARITIME CONTEXT

Lately, the apex political leadership in India has clearly enunciated the nation’s vision to develop its comprehensive maritime power. The vision seeks to revive India erstwhile maritime heritage and make concerted maritime endeavours in…

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DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 14 FOR OCEANS

193 countries of the world unanimously adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development in the form of 17 indivisible Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015. These goals which succeeded the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…

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FISHERIES AND THE PLASTIC THREAT IN BAY OF BENGAL

The 2016 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations report on State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Contributing to Food Security and Nutrition for All notes that the world per capita fish supply reached a new high of…

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INDIA ENDEAVOURS TO TAP INTO OCEAN ENERGY

Oceans which occupy more than 70% of the earth’s surface are unlimited sources of renewable energy. It is estimated that ocean energy can provide upto 1,000,000 EJ of renewable energy per year; second only to solar energy has a resource availability…