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- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited signed an MoU on Friday (September 18, 2026) to build a merchant shipyard at Dugarajapatnam in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh.
- MDL will invest about ₹15,000 crore over five to seven years, and the project is expected to create about 45,000 direct and indirect jobs.
- The yard can turn out 1.2 million gross tonnes of merchant vessels a year, including tankers, bulk carriers, container ships and LNG carriers for domestic and export markets.
- NSHIP-AP, a special purpose vehicle owned equally by the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board and the Visakhapatnam Port Authority, chose MDL as the anchor shipyard for a larger shipbuilding-cum-port cluster estimated at ₹29,254 crore for the yard and ₹9,513 crore for the port.
- The project supports the national goal of making India one of the world's top five shipbuilding nations by 2047 and could make Andhra Pradesh a major shipbuilding hub with new jobs in shipbuilding, marine engineering, manufacturing and logistics.
What to watch next
- How the yard's cost beyond MDL's ₹15,000 crore will be funded, since the release does not say.
- The provision of land, infrastructure and statutory clearances by the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board.
- Progress of the Centre-approved port development at Dugarajapatnam alongside the shipyard.
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Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
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“Andhra Pradesh is committed to being at the forefront of this journey by leveraging its long coastline, strategic location and industrial ecosystem”
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…beyond MDL’s ₹15,000 crore is to be met. Mr. Naidu placed the project in the national target, set out in the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, of making India one of the world’s top five shipbuilding nations by 2047. “ Andhra Pradesh is committed to being at the forefront of this journey by leveraging its long coastline, strategic location and industrial ecosystem ,” he said. The cluster would make the State a major shipbuilding hub and draw ancillary industries, and create jobs in shipbuilding, marine engineering, manufacturing and logistics, he said. Captain Jagmohan (retd),…
Jagmohan
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“Dugarajapatnam had the scale and maritime potential for a globally competitive shipyard.”
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…a major shipbuilding hub and draw ancillary industries, and create jobs in shipbuilding, marine engineering, manufacturing and logistics, he said. Captain Jagmohan (retd), Chairman and Managing Director of MDL, said Dugarajapatnam had the scale and maritime potential for a globally competitive shipyard. The Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board will provide land and infrastructure and secure the statutory clearances the project needs, the release said. Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Maritime…
Why it matters4
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- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders capacity expansion· longer
- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (listed equity) share price uptick· days
- Andhra Pradesh (Dugarajapatnam region) industrial investment and jobs· weeks
- India's shipbuilding sector domestic capacity growth· longer
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Named India · Dugarajapatnam · Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board · B.C. Janardhan Reddy · Damacharla Satya · Jagmohan · Jasmeet Singh Bindra · Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders · Ministry of Defence · National Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Park-Andhra Pradesh · N. Chandrababu Naidu · Visakhapatnam Port Authority
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