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Joint Exercise between the Qatari Emiri Navy and the Indian Navy Forces
Indian Navy Guided Missile Stealth Frigate INS Trikand and Patrol Aircraft P8-I arrived at Doha for the inaugural edition of the Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) being conducted from 17 to 21 Nov 19 between the Indian Navy and Qatari Emiri Naval Forces. Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019 would strengthen cooperation and enhance interoperability between ..
Topics: Indian Navy • INS Trikand • Malabar • Maritime history • Maritime patrol • Military • Navy • Ships
8th Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR-2019) started at Port Blair
The 8th edition of Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR-2019) has started at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Command on May 20. The CORPAT (coordinated patrol) initiative between Indian and Myanmar navies is meant to address issues of terrorism, illegal fishing, drug trafficking, human trafficking, poaching and other illegal activities inimical to interest of both nations. ..
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar Command • Government of India • Indian Navy • INS Batti Malv • Maritime history • Maritime patrol • Military • Port Blair
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