Wallem Group, a leading global maritime partner, has secured NYK Line’s prestigious Car Carrier of the Year 2025 award in recognition of the performance of a vessel under Wallem technical management. NYK Line representatives presented the award to Captain S. U. Mazumder, Master of the 176-metre length Opal Leader at the Port of Yokohama, Japan,…
Marine safety and survival leaders ACR Electronics and its brand Ocean Signal are supporting industry transition to electronic flares and calling for a global standard to recognize the technology as an internationally-approved distress signal for commercial and leisure users. ACR Electronics has welcomed the United States Coast Guard’s successful removal of pyrotechnic flares from its…
Syroco, the maritime technology company specialising in voyage optimisation, today announced that DNV has verified its methodology for estimating the savings generated by its Syroco Live platform. Following a review of Syroco’s ‘Savings Calculation Methodology, Voyage Optimisation’, DNV confirmed that Syroco has developed a method providing a means to consistently estimate the benefits of its…
Greater collaboration, agility and investing in next generation professionals are critical for overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in the supply chain, according to speakers at The Heavy Lift Group’s (THLG) 74th Annual Conference and AGM. Under the theme, From Uncertainty to Opportunity: The Next Era of Global Trade, the 15 June event brought together members…
In a move set to reshape India’s infrastructure and mining landscape, N.A.N. GreenMet, the advanced manufacturing enterprise founded by Navin Agarwal, Vice Chairman of Vedanta, has joined hands with Enaex S.A., a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group and global leader in blasting solutions, to establish a joint venture focused on precision blasting technologies. The…
Pratik Bijlani – On the 25th June in Mumbai, the Bharat Ratnam became a rare meeting point for a profession that usually operates far beyond public view, yet quietly sustains the modern world. The Day of the Seafarer 2026, organised by the National Maritime Day Celebrations (Central) Committee in association with the Directorate General of…
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has successfully completed the Type Approval Certification of two indigenously built totally enclosed lifeboat models manufactured by SHM Shipcare Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, marking a significant milestone for India’s maritime manufacturing sector. The certification covers the SHM PN95FA, a 120-person capacity totally enclosed lifeboat – tanker version, the first of its…
Pratik Bijlani – India’s logistics sector finds itself at an inflection point. As global supply chains are redrawn by geopolitical tensions, digital transformation and shifting trade corridors, the country’s ambition of becoming a developed economy by 2047 increasingly rests on how efficiently goods move across its ports, borders and transport networks. Against this backdrop, the…
Mintra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Maritime Industry Authority of the Philippines (MARINA) to explore how digital learning and workforce management solutions can support the continued development of Filipino seafarers, maritime professionals and the wider maritime workforce. Signed in Manila on the Day of the Seafarer, the strategic partnership establishes a…
The keel-laying ceremony of fourth of the six Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), being built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), took place in Mumbai on June 25. This ship with modern machinery and state-of-the-art systems, is being indigenously designed, developed & constructed by MDL, in line with…