COPENHAGEN : Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, on Sunday (Dec 31) said that it was suspending the passage of its vessels through a significant Red Sea strait for 48 hours after
LONDON : Britain is considering air strikes on Houthi rebels as the Defence Secretary, Mr. Grant Shapps warns that the UK will not hesitate to take “direct action” over their attacks on cargo ships in
NEW DELHI : India has deployed missile destroyers in the Arabian Sea following the drone attack on a chemicals tanker off its west coast as market participants cautioned December 26 that previously-stable war risk
WASHINGTON : The US military is trying to reassure shipping companies that a multinational force is making it safe to sail through the Red Sea and Suez Canal even though attacks from Yemen-based Houthi
NEW DELHI : In its November 2023 monthly report, the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) emphasised the increasing peril of drone attacks in the Red Sea and Northern Arabian
GENEVA : The world largest Shipping Line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that one of its container ships was attacked on Tuesday while transiting the southern Red Sea. A statement from the group
WASHINGTON : Escalating Iran-backed attacks against global commercial shipping in the Red Sea have heightened pressure on the Biden administration as officials scramble to protect trade while trying to avoid a direct confrontation with
MUMBAI : A Gabon–flagged commercial oil tanker on its way to India with 25 crew, all of them Indian nationals, came under a drone attack in the southern Red Sea though no casualty was
NEW DELHI : In a significant development, the state-owned Mazagon Dockyards Limited has submitted its response to the Defence Ministry tender for building three new Kalvari class submarines for the Indian Navy. Senior defence
NEW DELHI : The Ministry of Defence has sealed a contract with Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) to boost India’s digital armed forces, said the ministry on Friday. The Rs 588.68-crore contract aims to