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India's Maritime & Shipping Reforms
India's maritime reforms are the 2025 overhaul that swapped colonial-era port and shipping laws for four new Acts, backed by Sagarmala 2.0 and a dedicated maritime lender. They are in the news as the shipping ministry and ORF opened the third Sagarmanthan ocean dialogue in New Delhi on 7 October 2026, where an India-EU green shipping coalition was launched.
Last updated 8 October 20269 min read
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Logs the third Sagarmanthan dialogue (shipping ministry with ORF, 7 October 2026) and the India-EU Green Shipping Corridor coalition launched there; older log entries compressed.
- Indian Ports Act 2025
- Merchant Shipping Act 2025
- Coastal Shipping Act
- Sagarmala 2.0
- SMFCL
- MoPSW
- Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047
- Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
- ship recycling
- National Shipping Board
- E-Samudra
- e-methanol
- Deendayal Port Kandla
- BMIP
- national waterways
- IWAI
- NW-2 Brahmaputra
- Sagarmanthan
- Green Shipping Corridor
- ORF
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