New Delhi: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Tuesday said he held discussions with top executives of Japan’s leading shipping companies for collaboration in shipbuilding with the aim of making India a global maritime hub.

Puri, who is on a visit to Japan, said, “In a productive meeting with Yukikazu Myochin, Chairman of ‘K’ Line, Japan, discussed the initiatives being taken to transform India into a maritime shipping hub under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

With their expertise in shipbuilding monitoring and delivery, chartering and long presence and partnerships in India, ‘K Line’ can contribute substantially in our quest to ‘Make in India for the World’ in shipbuilding, the minister said in a post on X.

The minister said he also dis

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