International

The 30th edition of the naval defence exhibition runs from 3 to 6 November at Paris Nord Villepinte, with around 40% more exhibitors than in 2024.

The FICCI-organised event at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (2–4 November) brought together shipbuilders, port operators and technology firms. We look at what it means for Bangladesh.

The draft sets a 50-year limit for Russian-flagged ships and annual checks for foreign ships over 30. It is still a proposal, open for public comment.

Twelve armed men seized the Azini with 23 people aboard. Security agencies fear it could be used as a mothership to attack merchant ships far offshore.

Clarksons puts the backlog at 226.1m cgt, worth about $700bn. Deliveries are forecast to hit an all-time high of 64m cgt in 2027.

Talks on the Net-Zero Framework resume on 23 November, followed by MEPC 85 from 30 November, with oil producers still opposed to key elements.

About 140 container ships have switched back from the Cape of Good Hope since May, though security risks remain and a full recovery may take until early 2027.

Thales subsidiary AAC will supply remote mine-hunting modules with synthetic aperture sonar; options could lift the contract to about $196.2m.