Andhra Pradesh plans four ports, ₹30,000-cr shipbuilding hub

Andhra Pradesh plans to strengthen its maritime and logistics sector with four greenfield ports and a proposed ₹30,000-crore shipbuilding cluster at Dugarajapatnam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. The cluster will have a targeted annual capacity of 1.2 million gross tonnes. Visakhapatnam Port handled a record 91.17 million tonnes of cargo in FY26.