The Indian navy captured 61 pirates who jumped into the Arabian Sea to flee a gunfight and fire on the hijacked ship from which they had staged several attacks, a navy statement said Monday.
Vice Admiral (Retired) Venkat Bharathan, presented his paper on ‘Maritime Governance Authority’ to a select group of naval officers, Mumbai police, Mumbai University and commercial shipping
Of all annual worldwide pirate attacks, Somalis account for half, totalling 237 in 2011; up from 219 in 2010. Some 77 percent of India’s trade is carried by sea. The Indian Navy has deployed 25