{"id":16462,"date":"2023-10-30T01:20:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T19:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16462"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:03:31","slug":"mahabali-tug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mahabali-tug\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahabali Tug"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Mahabali Tug<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a025-ton Bollard Pull (BP) Tug.<\/li>\n<li>This vessel, a creation of Shoft Shipyard located in Bharuch, Gujarat, is\u00a0one of three such tugs commissioned as\u00a0part of a collaborative effort\u00a0between the Ministry of\u00a0Defence and the Shipyard.<\/li>\n<li>It has been constructed\u00a0in accordance with the classification rules set forth by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).<\/li>\n<li>It will assume a crucial role in\u00a0aiding naval ships and submarines during berthing\u00a0and unberthing operations, as well as in\u00a0navigating through confined waters.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0equipped to enhance firefighting capabilities\u00a0for ships\u00a0both alongside and at anchorage.<\/li>\n<li>It is also\u00a0outfitted for limited Search and Rescue Operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts about Indian Register of Shipping (IRS)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) is an\u00a0international ship classification society\u00a0providing ship\u00a0classification and certification as well as technical inspection services.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0not for profit entity was\u00a0founded in 1975.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), which represents classification societies worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>IRClass Systems and Solutions Pvt Ltd. (ISSPL)\u00a0is an organization\u00a0promoted by the IRS\u00a0and was set up in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0two companies, IRS and ISSPL, form the brand IRCLASS, which provides survey, inspection, and certification services to the maritime and industrial sectors.<\/li>\n<li>IRCLASS is\u00a0committed to promoting safe and environmentally friendly engineering practices\u00a0through its services to the business community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)?<\/h3>\n<p>The International Association of Classification Societies, more commonly known as the IACS, was founded in 1968 by seven leading classification societies (ABS, BV, DNV, GL, LR, NK, RINA) in order to promote the improvement of standards for ensuring safety at sea and the prevention of pollution of the marine environment, promote communication and cooperation with relevant international and national maritime organizations, and allow for enhanced cooperation with the global maritime industry. Including ClassNK, IACS currently has a total of 11 member societies, and at present more than 90% of the world\u2019s international commercial fleet (gross tonnage base) is registered under IACS member societies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1972723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>LAUNCH OF 25T BOLLARD PULL TUG \u2018MAHABALI\u2019 AT M\/s SHOFT SHIPYARD PVT LTD, BHARUCH, GUJARAT<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahabali Tug is a 25-ton Bollard Pull (BP) Tug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}