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An ancient Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years found virtually intact at bottom of Black Sea by an Anglo-Bulgarian team
An ancient Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found virtually intact at the bottom of the Black Sea by an Anglo-Bulgarian team. An international team of maritime archaeologists believed that the 23m (75ft) wreck is the world’s oldest intact shipwreck where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than ..
Topics: Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks • Law of the sea • Maritime archaeology • Maritime history • Maritime transport • Seamanship • Ships • Shipwrecks • Underwater archaeology
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is one of the institutions established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The purpose of the Commission is to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in respect of the establishment of the outer ..
Topics: Baseline • Continental shelf • Fisheries law • Hydrography • Law by country • Law of the sea • Outer Continental Shelf • Politics by country • Territorial claims in the Arctic • Territorial waters • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
A New Chapter in India China bilateral relations: Maritime Cooperation
India and China moved onto a new bilateral relation as they agreed upon a joint-declaration on: Sea Piracy Technological know-how on seabed research. The first offer aims to demand the Coast Guards, the Air-forces and Navies of both the nations to work in unison against the pirates. The modalities to be figured out by a ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Topics: Crime • International Seabed Authority • International waters • Law • Law of the sea • Oceanography • Organizations • Piracy • Seabed
Current Affairs: August 24, 2011
60 Crore Aadhaar cards to be issued by 2014 Target set by the Government to issue 60 Crore UID Cards, Aadhaar by the year 2014 The Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani stated that nearly 2.87 Aadhaar cards have been issued to people in 9 states till now Steve Jobs of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Topics: Aadhaar • Apple Inc. • Bangladesh • Commonwealth republics • Countries • Law by country • Law of the sea • Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations • Member states of the United Nations • Politics by country • Steve Jobs • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea