shipbuilding

While Indian shipyards did construct some merchant tonnage under license regimes and subsidy schemes, the emphasis stayed on building capacity fot Navy and Coast Guard, not for the commercial global market. The long term result was that Indian commercial shipbuilding never developed the scale, supply-chain depth or export orientation that enabled East Asian yards to capture the world’s merchant fleet.

Shipbuilding is not a single skill or industry. It is a vast, interlocking ecosystem of technologies, industries, and human expertise that has repeatedly determined which nations rise to become global powers.

The Mazagon Dock Limited representatives are likely to visit the site in Andhra Pradesh soon for a feasibility assessment.

What will make the Vadinar Ship Repair Facility an optimal location for repair operations, particularly for large commercial and foreign‑flagged vessels, is its natural deep draft, connectivity to major shipping routes, and proximity to key ports such as Mundra and Kandla.

The newly launched SBFAS and SbDS initiatives are the latest in a string of policy initiatives the Modi government has launched in recent years to revive and bolster domestic shipbuilding under the Make in India initiative and a vision for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.