Global Maritime India Summit 2023 Modernizing Logistics and Coastal Shipping
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the third edition of Global Maritime India Summit 2023 held in Mumbai, remarked that India has a vast coastline, a strong riverine eco-system, and a rich cultural heritage – all of which have the potential to create Maritime Tourism. The nearly 5000-year-old Lothal Dockyard in India is a world heritage site and is dubbed the ‘Cradle of Shipping’. A National Maritime Heritage Complex is being built in Lothal near Mumbai to preserve. The world’s longest river cruise service is being developed in Mumbai to promote maritime tourism, and the cruise terminals in Visakhapatnam and Chennai are being modernised.