Since late November 2023, Houthi rebels in Yemen, in response to the conflict in Gaza, have targeted cargo ships with links to Israel, according to many commentators. At first, India and a
Maritime choke-points are essential to global trade, acting as vital corridors for the movement of goods and energy resources. Their strategic positioning also makes them tools of geopolitical influence, often shaping the
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The international debate over deep-sea mining has reached a critical moment, as mining companies set their sights on 2025 to potentially begin harvesting valuable minerals from the seabed. Yet, with no agreement
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Cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has hit a record 37.3 million tons by the end of 2024, showcasing the growing significance of this Arctic corridor for global trade. This
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The Port of Colombo has achieved a historic milestone, surpassing 7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in container throughput by the end of November 2024, according to
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A tugboat, the Navimar 3, has been anchored off Kutubdia Island, situated thirty-three nautical miles south of Chittagong, Bangladesh, since March of last year. Its crew of seven, including an Indian engineer
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The hills are formed by magma eruptions along mid-ocean ridges. They are common features of the ocean floor but among the hardest to detect. A new technique using gravity-driven water movement has
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As part of her visit to Sri Lanka, Dr Tonia Astrid Capuano, an International Technical Expert in Oceanography and Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Climate and Ocean Governance, Dhaka University, Bangladesh,
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For thousands of years, Sri Lanka has proudly stood as an island nation in the Indian Ocean, intricately connected to the ebb and flow of the surrounding seas. Recent collaborations with the
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Ocean mapping and open data sources play a critical role in disaster preparedness and monitoring in Sri Lanka, a nation highly vulnerable to marine and coastal hazards such as tsunamis, storm surges,
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This article is based on the piece written by Mike Schuler, editor of gCaptain.com The past year has been marked by an unprecedented wave of maritime violence in the Red Sea and
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