Maharashtra plans Rs.270 billion shipbuilding cluster at Dighi Port
01 Oct 2026 Editorial Team
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
will invest around `270 billion
to develop a greenfield
shipbuilding cluster at Dighi
Port in Maharashtra’s Raigad
district. The project is expected
to create nearly 90,000 jobs
and establish annual
shipbuilding capacity of at least
2 million gross tonnes.
Developed through National
Shipbuilding and Heavy
Industries Park Maharashtra,
the cluster will support
construction of large
commercial vessels. The
initiative is intended to expand
Maharashtra’s maritime
infrastructure and strengthen
India’s domestic shipbuilding
and heavy-industry ecosystem
over time.