A senior Iranian lawmaker says ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar are exempt from Iran’s restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman. No official directive has confirmed the claim, and recent attacks near Oman, including one that killed an Indian seafarer, show the risks remain.
India will hold the India Shipbuilding Investment Conclave 2026 in New Delhi on 16–17 November. Organised under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, it will present five shipbuilding clusters in coastal states to global shipyards and investors as India aims to become a top-five shipbuilding nation.
India’s Directorate General of Maritime Administration in Mumbai has reconstituted its Complaint Committee on Sexual Harassment of Women Seafarers for two years from 2 November 2026. The nine-member committee will examine complaints from women seafarers, including those filed through the e-Navik portal, and recommend action to DGMA.
India’s Directorate General of Maritime Administration has signed an MoU with the International Chamber of Shipping and Lloyd’s Register OneOcean at IMO headquarters in London. A pilot will link Indian seafarer certificates to ISF Verify, a digital platform for sharing and checking certificates worldwide.
New Mangalore Port Authority in Mangaluru, Karnataka, has announced rebates of 35% for feeder and 50% for mainline container ships on vessel-related charges. Running until 31 March 2027, the offer aims to attract new container services and bigger ships to India’s west coast port.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has backed an objection to adding two ship recycling yards at Alang-Sosiya in Gujarat, India, to the EU list of approved facilities. A full Parliament vote is expected at the end of November, but the final decision rests with EU member states.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will route their ME1 container service, linking Mundra and Nhava Sheva in India with North Europe, back through the Suez Canal. The first westbound transit, by the Atlanta Express from Salalah in Oman on 4 November, depends on continued stability in the Red Sea.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders is seeking equity partners for two new shipbuilding clusters at Dighi on Maharashtra’s Konkan coast and Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The projects, worth about Rs 20,000 crore, would each build up to 1.2 million gross tonnage of ships a year.
India aims to double the share of coastal shipping and inland waterways in its freight movement from about 6% to 12% by 2047. Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal set out the target in Puri, Odisha, where a Rs 1,500 crore international cruise terminal and the National Waterway-5 project were also highlighted.
The Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard held their 9th High-Level Meeting on 3 November at Mirissa, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast. Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation on search and rescue, marine pollution response, maritime security and law enforcement across the Indian Ocean.
India’s Directorate General of Maritime Administration and a Danish ministerial delegation have held talks at APM Terminals at JNPA, near Mumbai, on green shipping and decarbonisation. Alternative marine fuels, seafarer training, shipbuilding and sustainable ship recycling were among the areas identified for closer India-Denmark cooperation.
India’s maritime administration in Mumbai has issued DGS Circular No. 73 of 2026 to implement the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers’ Identity Document) Rules, 2026. The circular sets a fee for issue, renewal and duplicates, makes SIDs valid for five years and waives duplicate fees after losses at sea.
India’s maritime administration in Mumbai has released draft ammonia bunkering guidelines for all ships taking ammonia fuel at Indian ports, whatever their flag. The draft covers ship-to-ship, truck-to-ship and shore-to-ship transfers, and stakeholders can send comments until 18 November 2026.
Cyclone Murasu has crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast on India’s Bay of Bengal seaboard, with the core landfall reported near Ongole in Prakasam district. Winds of 100–110 km/h hit coastal areas, Visakhapatnam Port was placed under a Signal 9 warning, and regional maritime operations were disrupted.
The Indian Navy, backed by the Indian Air Force, has freed the hijacked Iranian fishing vessel Azini in the Arabian Sea, more than 3,000 km from Mumbai. Pirates seized the boat on 29 October off Puntland in north-eastern Somalia, raising fears it would be used as a mothership.
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