Russia Offers Shipbuilding & Port Infrastructure Tie-Up

• Russia offers ship designs, green tech for India ties
• Patrushev-Sonowal talks boost port, logistics collab
• Modi eyes blue economy growth in Indo-Pacific

Russia​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ has expanded offers to India for closer two-way cooperation in shipbuilding and port infrastructure, which is part of a plan to deepen sea linkages throughout the Indo-Pacific region. These proposals, which involve joint ventures in vessel design, crew training, and deep-sea exploration, were first shared in the high-level talks held on Monday in New Delhi between Nikolai Patrushev—Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest aide and former national security adviser—and India's Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

According to the report, the talks also showed that Russia intends to use its technological leads in very specific maritime areas, thus making the partnership one of the strategic ways to fight against global supply chain crises and sanctions risks. Patrushev talked about Russia's "intriguing projects in shipbuilding" and expressed readiness either to provide the existing models or to co-create new ones.

Fishing, passenger, and auxiliary vessels were named as the types for which the new designs could be made. He pointed out that Moscow had no equal in the fabrication of ice-class ships and icebreakers and, simultaneously, he was in line with India's initiative in eco-friendly shipbuilding for less polluting maritime operations.

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The dialogue also uncovered shared interests in port enhancement and local trade to make the passing of goods easier and to strengthen the region's interconnection. On the following day, Patrushev had a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, among other things, referred to the talks as "productive" in the cooperation area of maritime that includes connectivity, skill enhancement, shipbuilding, and the blue economy - India's rising focus on ocean-based economic growth.

Additional discussions featured India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and National Maritime Security Coordinator Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, indicating a broad governmental initiative. Meanwhile, India is pushing forward the local production of vessels and tankers to lessen sanction-induced interruptions, with Russia playing the role of a major partner in the energy and defence sectors.

 At the forthcoming India-Russia yearly summit, the collaboration will be at the next level, thus making it possible to initiate the joint projects that are instrumental not only in the India’s maritime self-reliance but also in the expansion of its blue economy valuation, which is expected to hit $100 billion by 2030 through the sustainable innovations and infrastructure ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌upgrades.