NewzVille Desk
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025, the world’s largest Maritime gathering in Mumbai on Monday. With the theme “Uniting Oceans, One Maritime Vision,” the five-day event brings together over 100,000 participants from 85 countries, including 500 exhibitors, 350 speakers, and 12 concurrent conferences and exhibitions.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by the the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Saran Majhi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendrabhai Patel; and the Chief Minister of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant. The Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, along with global delegates, thought leaders, industry captains as well as senior officials and maritime students.
IMW 2025 showcases India’s maritime resurgence and its vision of transforming the nation into a global maritime leader by 2047.
In his inaugural address, the Home Minister underscored the government’s focus on modernizing and reforming India’s maritime infrastructure.
He further said India has undertaken deep structural reforms in the maritime sector, and as a result, it is now emerging as one of the country’s major growth drivers.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal described IMW 2025 as “a turning point in India’s maritime journey.” He said the summit underscores the government’s determination to position India among the world’s top maritime powers through policy reform, digital transformation, and record investment.
“India currently handles about 10 percent of seaborne trade, and our goal is to triple it by 2047,” Sonowal said.
India’s Maritime Advantage is it’s 11,000 kilometres long coastline, 13 coastal states, and 23.7 lakh square kilometre Exclusive Economic Zone. So, India a natural maritime power. Around 60 percent of our GDP is contributed by coastal states, and nearly 800 million people depend on the sea for their livelihood.
