Ports, shipbuilding, and logistics: APM-Maersk charts bold India plan

Maersk eyes India's maritime boom with $2 billion plan for ports, shipbuilding, and logistics as global supply chains shift and India positions itself as a shipping and manufacturing hub

Denmark’s $55 billion shipping conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk has announced a $2 billion plan to invest in India, focusing on Pipavav Port, owned by its subsidiary APM Terminals, and other initiatives spread across verticals in the maritime economy. With India’s latest ₹70,000 crore maritime development plan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to global industry to invest, senior executives from the Danish giant — Christopher Cook, managing director of Maersk South Asia, and Jonathan Goldner, chief executive, APM Terminals Asia & Middle East — share their plans in an interview with Dhruvaksh Saha in Mumbai. Edited excerpts:

 

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