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Hans India
11 hours ago
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- Hans India
INS Sandhayak makes maiden port call at Port Klang
Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy's indigenously-designed and built survey vessel large (SVL) INS Sandhayak made her maiden port call at Port Klang, Malaysia. The four-day-long maiden visit that continued till July 19 aimed at facilitating technical exchanges and strengthening institutional ties via concerted cooperation like sharing of survey technologies and sustained hydrographic support engagements. The key activities during the visit included knowledge exchange sessions, official receptions and events designed to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth across Regions) vision. The visit reaffirmed India's commitment to regional maritime cooperation made for hydrographic cooperation and demonstrated the country's growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the National Hydrographic Office framework. INS Sandhayak, the first Sandhayak-class hydrographic survey ship with 80 percent of indigenous content, was commissioned last February. The ship has full‐scale coastal and deep‐water surveying capacity, oceanographic data collection and is capable of Search and Rescue (SAR) humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions. The primary role of the ship is to carry out full-scale hydrographic surveys of ports, harbours, coastal areas, deep seas and navigational channels. Enabling safe and secure maritime navigation, the ship is capable of undertaking a range of naval operations. Empowered with state-of-the-art hydrographic equipment, including deep and shallow water multibeam echo sounders, autonomous underwater vehicle, side scan sonars and satellite-based positioning systems, INS Sandhayak is propelled by two diesel engines.
Time of India
a day ago
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- Time of India
INS Sandhayak visits Port Klang in Malaysia
Visakhapatnam: 's indigenously designed and constructed Survey Vessel Large (SVL) INS Sandhayak made her maiden port call at Port Klang, Malaysia, for hydrographic cooperation, from July 16 to 19. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This visit demonstrates India's growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the National Hydrographic Office framework. INS Sandhayak, the first of the indigenously designed and built Sandhayak-class hydrographic survey ship, was commissioned in Feb 2024. The ship has full-scale coastal and deep-water surveying capacity, oceanographic data collection and is capable of search and rescue (SAR) humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions. The maiden visit of the ship to port Klang aims at facilitating technical exchanges and strengthening institutional ties via concerted cooperation like sharing of survey technologies and sustained hydrographic support engagements. The key activities during the visit include in-depth knowledge exchange sessions, official receptions and events designed to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions) vision. The visit reaffirms India's commitment to regional maritime cooperation.
The Hindu
a day ago
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- The Hindu
INS Sandhayak makes maiden port call at Port Klang in Malaysia
Indian Navy's indigenously designed and constructed Survey Vessel Large (SVL) INS Sandhayak made her maiden port call at Port Klang in Malaysia for hydrographic cooperation from July 16 to 19, according to a release here on Sunday. The visit demonstrates India's growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the National Hydrographic Office framework, the release added. INS Sandhayak, commissioned in February in 2024, has full‐scale coastal and deep‐water surveying capacity, oceanographic data collection and is capable of Search and Rescue (SAR) and humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions. The maiden visit of the ship to port Klang aims at facilitating technical exchanges and strengthening institutional ties via concerted cooperation like sharing of survey technologies and sustained hydrographic support engagements. The key activities during the visit included in-depth knowledge exchange sessions, official receptions and events designed to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions) vision.
The Hindu
2 days ago
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- The Hindu
INS Sandhayak visits Malaysian port to boost maritime, hydrographic cooperation
INS Sandhayak, the first of the indigenously designed and built hydrographic survey ship, is visiting Port Klang in Malaysia to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR vision, officials on Saturday (July 19, 2025) said. Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions or MAHASAGAR vision of India seeks to boost regional maritime cooperation. INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy's indigenously designed and constructed survey vessel (large), made her maiden port call at Port Klang, Malaysia, for hydrographic cooperation from July 16-19. This visit demonstrates India's growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and National Hydrographic Office framework, said a spokesperson of the Indian Navy. INS Sandhayak — the Sandhayak-class hydrographic survey ship — was commissioned in February 2024, he added. The ship has full scale coastal and deep water surveying capacity, oceanographic data collection and is capable of search and rescue (SAR) and humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions, the officials said. The ship's maiden visit to Port Klang aims at facilitating technical exchanges and strengthening institutional ties via concerted cooperation like sharing of survey technologies and sustained hydrographic support engagements. The key activities during the visit include in-depth knowledge-exchange sessions, official receptions and events designed to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR vision, the Navy official said. The visit reaffirms India's commitment to regional maritime cooperation, he added.
Indian Express
2 days ago
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- Indian Express
INS Sandhayak visits Malaysian port to boost maritime, hydrographic cooperation
INS Sandhayak, the first of the indigenously designed and built hydrographic survey ship, is visiting Port Klang in Malaysia to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR vision, officials on Saturday said. Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions or MAHASAGAR vision of India seeks to boost regional maritime cooperation. INS Sandhayak, the Indian Navy's indigenously designed and constructed survey vessel (large), made her maiden port call at Port Klang, Malaysia, for hydrographic cooperation from July 16-19. This visit demonstrates India's growing role in regional hydrographic capacity building under the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and National Hydrographic Office framework, said a spokesperson of the Indian Navy. INS Sandhayak — the Sandhayak-class hydrographic survey ship — was commissioned in February 2024, he added. The ship has full scale coastal and deep water surveying capacity, oceanographic data collection and is capable of search and rescue (SAR) and humanitarian operations with onboard helicopter and hospital functions, the officials said. The ship's maiden visit to Port Klang aims at facilitating technical exchanges and strengthening institutional ties via concerted cooperation like sharing of survey technologies and sustained hydrographic support engagements. The key activities during the visit include in-depth knowledge-exchange sessions, official receptions and events designed to foster international goodwill and elevate awareness of the MAHASAGAR vision, the Navy official said. The visit reaffirms India's commitment to regional maritime cooperation, he added.
