Latest Maritime Law News & Updates

Gandhinagar, July 16 (IANS) Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) and the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration in maritime education, research, training, heritage studies and capacity building, bringing together expertise in maritime security and India’s maritime heritage.The MoU was exchanged at the RRU campus in Gandhinagar between the University’s School of Integrated Coastal and Maritime Security Studies (SIC…

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Reimagining the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is not about drafting a new constitution for the seas but about rescuing the existing one from strategic insufficiency, a report said on Thursday. Writing for ‘India Narrative’, former Indian diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma said that the Strait of Hormuz underscores how geography can make settled legal rights vulnerable to coercion. He stated that the developments in the Taiwan Strait highlighted th…

Naypyidaw, Feb 16 (IANS) China’s actions constitute a systematic assault on the international legal order. By asserting adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) — while violating its core provisions, spreading disinformation to obscure violations, intimidating monitors and negotiating in bad faith- Beijing demonstrates that law matters only when it aligns with Chinese interests, a report said on Monday. According to a report in Myanmar’s media outlet ‘The I…