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MARITIME INTERESTS. 7516 km LONG COAST LINE. EEZ - 2.013 MILLION SQ KM. EEZ - 2.54 MILLION SQ KM. MARITIME INTERESTS. 13 MAJOR PORTS. 13 MAJOR PORTS 185 MINOR PORTS. MARITIME INTERESTS. ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE. ENERGY SLOCs IN THE IOR. 10.3 Mn BARRELS/DAY OF OIL PASSES
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MARITIME INTERESTS 7516 km LONG COAST LINE
EEZ - 2.013 MILLION SQ KM EEZ - 2.54 MILLION SQ KM MARITIME INTERESTS
13 MAJOR PORTS 13 MAJOR PORTS 185 MINOR PORTS MARITIME INTERESTS
ENERGY SLOCs IN THE IOR 10.3 Mn BARRELS/DAY OF OIL PASSES THROUGH MALACCA 15.5 Mn BARRELS/DAY OF OIL FLOWS THROUGH PERSIAN GULF 60% WORLD OIL FROM GULF 100,000 SHIPS TRANSIT THROUGH THE INDIAN OCEAN
OFF SHORE OIL PRODUCTION • 30% REQUIREMENT FROM OFFSHORE RESOURCES • REPLACEMENT COST OVER US $ 50 Bn
CHALLENGES PERSIAN GULF RED SEA GULF OF ADEN BAY OF BENGAL ARABIAN SEA 6° N INDIAN OCEAN
26 DEC 04 1200 NM 800 NM INDIRA PT 2ND EPICENTRE 0953 HRS 1ST EPICENTRE 0629 HRS 400 NM
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY INDIAN NAVAL AIRCRAFT : NAGAPPATTINAM COAST BROKEN BRIDGE
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS – 26 DEC 04 0600 HRS ON 28 DEC 04 – FIRST SHIP WITH RELIEF SUPPLIES ARRIVED MALDIVES
GALLE HARBOUR OPERATIONALISED IN SHIPS SUTLEJ AND SARVEKSHAK - THE FIRST SHIPS TO BERTH IN GALLE HARBOUR ON 04 JAN 05
USNS MERCY MISSION
BANGLADESH VIETNAM MILAN BRUNEI SRI LANKA MALAYSIA MILAN 2005 FROM 26 FEB TO 02 MAR 05
The Indian ocean is the key to the seven seas: whoever Controls it dominates Asia and, in the 21st century, the world’s destiny will be decided on its waters Alfred Thayer Mahan