Maritime Development ₹30,000 crore Fund to support shipbuilding and repair clusters
- Maritime Development ₹30,000 crore Fund to support shipbuilding and repair clusters
- The government will soon set up a ₹30,000 crore Maritime Development Fund to support shipbuilding and repair clusters, according to union ports, shipping and waterways minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
- Indian companies paid freight costs of $85 billion in the financial year 2019/20, of which $75 billion was paid for use of foreign vessels, the source added.
The turn to foreign carriers comes as India's shipping fleet has not kept pace with its surge in trade, including imports of energy and exports of refined oil products.
India has a fleet of about 1,500 large vessels including tankers, gas carriers, container ships and dry bulk carriers
India, which has a huge export-import trade, is a country of charterers and not shipowners thereby resulting in a substantial spend of around USD 75 billion annually for chartering foreign flag vessels for India’s international trade
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