| HSL to build Rs 4,000 cr shipyard in AP or Orissa | 13-NOV-09 |
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| State-owned Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) plans to build a large shipyard to accommodate very large crude carrier ships (VLCC) at an estimated project cost of Rs 3,000-4,000 crore, a top official said. The proposed shipyard, which will be built on a public-private-partnership model, is expected to receive cabinet approval by the end of this fiscal, HSL's Chairman and Managing Director, Naresh Kumar said on the sidelines of SMM India's shipping trade fair. |
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| Indian Navy nabs 9 pirates off Seychelles coast | 29-APR-09 |
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| Soon after being deployed in Seychelles to carry out anti-piracy operations, Indian Naval Ship ‘Nirdeshak’ nabbed nine sea-pirates with the help of Spanish and French navies there. |
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| Premvir Das: Navy in troubled waters | 07-APR-09 |
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| Relying only on domestic shipyards to supply its needs will not work if India wants its Navy to expand instead of shrinking as it is now. |
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| Project 17-A: French shipyard DCNS set to play role | 28-MAR-09 |
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| Major global warship-makers are carefully watching the Indian Navy’s Project 17-A, potentially India’s biggest-ever naval purchase, a Rs 17,000 crore plan to build seven stealth frigates. And French shipbuilder DCNS — through a clever “first-mover” strategy — is poised to play a major role in that project. |
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| 26/11: Navy given overall charge of maritime security | 28-FEB-09 |
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| In the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attacks exposing the chinks in coastal security, government today designated the navy as the central authority responsible for the country's overall maritime security. |
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| Govt tells coast guard to start shoreline patrols | 19-FEB-09 |
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| In a bid to prevent use of the sea route by terrorists as in case of the Mumbai strikes, the Coast Guard has been asked to patrol the shoreline with locally hired fishing boats or trawlers. |
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