Massive increases in port capacity, shipbuilding and seafarer numbers form the core of a new perspective plan from India’s Shipping Ministry, launched yesterday by Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan.
The “Maritime Agenda 2010-2020” includes goals such as an increase in port capacity to around 3.2 billion tonnes, an increased share of global shipbuilding from the current one percent to five percent, and an increase in the number of Indian seafarers from around six percent to nine percent.
Other aims include raising national ports’ performance to the best international standards, promoting coastal shipping and increasing India’s tonnage from approximately 10 million GT to more than 40 million GT.
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