<h4 data-path-to-node="3" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="3" data-index-in-node="0" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Landmark Maritime Master Plan to Expand Domestic Shipbuilding and Deepwater Port Capacity</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="4" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-66" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-99" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"></span><b data-path-to-node="4" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">GANDHINAGAR</b><span class="citation-99 citation-end-99" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> — In one of India’s largest-ever maritime infrastructure expansion programs, the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has officially floated two global Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to develop three greenfield shipyards, an Integrated Mega Shipbuilding Cluster, and six new greenfield ports across more than 4,500 hectares along the state’s extensive coastline.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="2" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span> <span class="citation-98 citation-end-98" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Industry estimates indicate that the combined capital outlay for the proposed projects will exceed ₹35,000 crore, positioning Gujarat as the cornerstone of India’s push to reduce reliance on foreign shipbuilding yards and scale up commercial maritime assets.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="3" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><p data-path-to-node="5" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-67" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-97 citation-end-97" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The mega-infrastructure drive is structured under the Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) concession framework.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="4" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span> <span class="citation-96 citation-end-96" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">According to GMB Vice-Chairman and CEO Ajay Kumar, the central government and state maritime authorities will actively facilitate the Integrated Mega Shipbuilding Cluster, which alone is projected to attract over ₹25,000 crore in private and institutional investment.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="5" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><h4 data-path-to-node="7" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="7" data-index-in-node="0" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Strategic Coastal Positioning and Project Layout</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="8" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-68" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-95 citation-end-95" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The proposed developments are strategically plotted along Gujarat’s western and southern maritime corridors to leverage existing industrial hinterlands, deep natural drafts, and multimodal transport links:<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="6" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><ul data-path-to-node="9" style="padding-inline-start: 32px; font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,0,0" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-69" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-94" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"></span><b data-path-to-node="9,0,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Three Greenfield Shipyards:</b><span class="citation-94 citation-end-94" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> Planned at Mithapur in Devbhumi Dwarka, Ghogha in Bhavnagar, and Vadhera in Amreli, designed to deliver an annual manufacturing capacity of 3.0 to 3.9 million gross tonnes (GT).<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="7" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,1,0" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-70" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,1,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Integrated Mega Shipbuilding Cluster:</b><span class="citation-93 citation-end-93" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> Situated across nearly 2,000 acres at Kuchhadi in Porbandar, featuring modern construction dry docks, specialized component manufacturing, automated steel-cutting facilities, and marine engineering capability development centers.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="8" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,2,0" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-71" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-92" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"></span><b data-path-to-node="9,2,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Six Greenfield Deepwater Ports:</b><span class="citation-92 citation-end-92" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> Plotted under the BOOT model to handle rising dry bulk, liquid energy, and containerized cargo flows originating across Western and Central India.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="9" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li></ul><h4 data-path-to-node="11" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="11" data-index-in-node="0" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Strengthening India’s Strategic Maritime Sovereignty</b></h4><p data-path-to-node="12" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-72" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-91 citation-end-91" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The comprehensive EOI announcement follows recent central government approvals under the National Shipbuilding Development Scheme, aimed at creating heavy commercial vessel capacity and world-class ship repair ecosystems.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="10" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1276579682="" _nghost-ng-c643572535="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><p data-path-to-node="13" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">"Expanding domestic commercial vessel construction and deepwater handling capacity is vital for long-term supply chain security," noted a senior maritime policy consultant. "By creating a synchronized shipbuilding and port hub in Gujarat, India is laying the foundation to capture global merchant fleet orders, lower long-term freight cost overheads for Indian exporters, and insulate domestic trade from external maritime disruptions."</p><p data-path-to-node="14" id="p-rc_0232e25a96b9c7f8-73" style="font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-90" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Interested international developers, port operators, and shipyard consortia have been given until </span><b data-path-to-node="14" data-index-in-node="98" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">September 21, 2026</b><span class="citation-90 citation-end-90" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">, to submit their technical and financial proposals via the official Gujarat Maritime Board portal.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c318024766="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c318024766="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="11" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1276579682="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"></sources-carousel-inline></p>
Gujarat Invites EOIs for Mega Maritime Infrastructure Expansion Worth Over ₹35,000 Crore
The mega-infrastructure drive is structured under the Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) concession framework. According to GMB Vice-Chairman and CEO Ajay Kumar, the central government and state maritime authorities will actively facilitate the Integrated Mega Shipbuilding Cluster, which alone is projected to attract over ₹25,000 crore in private and institutional investment.
