• White shipping information refers to exchange of relevant advance information on the identity and movement of                  commercial non-military merchant vessels.
• It is an information network protocol that allows the navies of two countries to        exchange information about ships in their oceanic territories.
• Ships would be classified into white (commercial ships), grey (military vessels), and black (illegal vessels)
• It facilitates preventing any potential threat from sea from impinging an coastal and offshore security of the country

India’s White Shipping agreement

• In 2014, the Government had approved the proposal to conclude bilateral and multilateral agreements for exchange of white shipping information with Navies, Coast Guards and agencies entrusted with maritime security of 26 countries and 3 multinational groups.

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• India has also signed white shipping agreements under IFC-IOR with many countries in the IOR and shares maritime information with all the partner countries.
• For example, India has signed White shipping agreement with US, France and Singapore recently