In an era of profound geopolitical flux, the global maritime industry is navigating a boom in shipbuilding as nations seek to secure their supply chains. India stands at a critical juncture, poised to reclaim its historic legacy as a formidable shipbuilding power. Shipping and Shipbuilding: The Engines of India’s Economy offers an incisive and authoritative analysis of this national endeavour.
Published by The Hindu, this e-book delves into the ambition, strategy, and intricate challenges behind India’s mission to transform its shipyards into engines of economic growth. This volume provides a comprehensive narrative that charts the arc of Indian shipbuilding, from the ancient dockyards of Lothal to its engineered decline during the colonial era and the subsequent decades of stagnation with respect to commercial shipbuilding. It also meticulously dissects the structural handicaps that have long constrained the industry and contrasts India’s journey with the meteoric rise of East Asian giants.
The book unpacks the comprehensive government strategy, framed within the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, which aims to position India among the world’s top five shipbuilding nations. Through a detailed exploration of policies, including the innovative Ship Recycling Credit Note scheme, it reveals a nation not just building ships, but constructing a resilient and integrated maritime ecosystem. It also offers a series of compelling case studies on public-sector shipyards, such as the Mazagon Dock and the Cochin Shipyard, as they pivot from a primary focus on defence to embrace the complexities of commercial orders.
Read this for a deeply analytical understanding of how industrial policy, capital investment, and geopolitical imperatives converge to shape India’s maritime renaissance.
What’s Inside:
· Introduction by M. Kalyanaramanan
· Redeeming a historical pledge: towards a renaissance of Indian shipbuilding by Santosh Patil
· India’s shipbuilding journey: a look at the past to make sense of the future by Amitabh Kumar
· Leveraging India’s leadership in shipbreaking: how credit notes are the new frontier for international outreach by Nayeem Noor
· India’s competition is not China but Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia by Apoorba Banerjee
· The Mazagon Dockyard: a shipyard as old as the city itself by Vinaya Deshpande Pandit
· For Cochin Shipyard, a turnaround came at the right time by G. Ragesh
· The Garden Reach shipyard in Kolkata: charting a path from defence to commercial by Senjuti Sengupta
· Full steam ahead: SDHI Pipavav, a private yard which is already pressing forward by M. Kalyanaramanan
· Big dreams: how Gujarat plans to go ahead with multiple shipyard plans by R. Chandra Mouli
· Ulsan in Thoothukudi: Tamil Nadu’s shipbuilding policy aims high by M. Kalyanaraman
· How Dugarajapatnam is Andhra’s new frontier of hope by V. Raghavendra
· How India is well-placed to leverage new global rules on ship recycling by Nayeem Noor
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Published – September 11, 2026 11:34 am IST
