SHM Shipcare Private Limited (“SHM Shipcare”), an integrated maritime company engaged in shipbuilding, ship repair, ship management and maritime safety solutions, has extended its coastal clean-up initiative to Mumbai with a beach clean-up drive at Dadar Kirti College Beach. Conducted in partnership with the University of Mumbai, the drive is the third phase of the…
Delphine Estibeiro – Ensuring ethical conduct in maritime operations requires more than corporate policies and compliance frameworks. It demands practical support, clear reporting mechanisms and collective accountability across the maritime value chain. This was the key message that emerged from the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) India’s Every Conversation Matters workshop held in Chennai on 30th…
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) continues to strengthen its role in supporting the Indian Navy and India’s naval shipbuilding capabilities through the certification of increasingly larger, more complex and technologically advanced naval platforms. A significant milestone was achieved with the launch of INS Surya, the Indian Navy’s first Fleet Support Ship (FSS) of length 224…
Following CMB.TECH’s announcement that Mineral Europa has embarked on her maiden voyage, Anglo-Eastern is recognising the multi-year engineering, newbuilding and operational effort that helped bring the pioneering vessel from an early alternative-fuel concept into service. CMB.TECH set the project in motion through its vision, investment and willingness to take the technology and commercial risk associated…
N.A.N. Silox GreenMet Pvt. Ltd., the joint venture between N.A.N. GreenMet and Belgium’s Silox Group, has appointed Vijay Pasupathy as Chief Executive Officer as the company receives Consent to Establish (CTE) and moves forward with groundbreaking for its ₹1,400 crore lithium-ion battery recycling and critical metals facility at Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh. The company has also…
Pratik Bijlani – The maritime industry is built on policies, regulations and international conventions, but their real value is measured much further down the line—in the safety of ships, the efficiency of ports, the resilience of supply chains and, above all, the wellbeing of the people who work at sea. That message shaped India’s World…
Pratik Bijlani – The line between maritime security, commercial shipping and technology is becoming increasingly blurred. That reality was brought into sharp focus at the joint seminar “Fostering Maritime Co-operation between Seafaring Communities”, held on 30 September at the Agastya Auditorium, INHS Asvini, Mumbai. Jointly organised by the Maritime Warfare Centre (Mumbai), The Nautical Institute…
Delphine Estibeiro – A powerful appeal has been made to the Government of India to formally recognise the extraordinary courage of Captain Smit Machchhar, an experienced Indian commercial aviation pilot from Gujarat, and Indian seafarers who lost their lives while serving in conflict affected maritime zones such as the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman,…
