At the recent 2025 India Maritime Week, the world's two major port operators announced significant investment plans for the Indian market. DP World has pledged an additional $5 billion investment, while APM Terminal, a subsidiary of Maersk Group, plans to invest $2 billion. The total investment of the two companies exceeds $7 billion, fully demonstrating the confidence of international capital in India's strategy to build a global maritime power.

DP World's $5 billion investment will focus on strengthening its comprehensive supply chain and logistics network in India. The company stated that this new funding will mainly be used to develop a multimodal transport system to effectively reduce logistics costs and significantly enhance the international competitiveness of India's exported goods. This investment plan is based on the latest five memorandums of understanding signed between DP World and the Indian maritime authorities, covering a wide range of cutting-edge areas such as green coastal shipping, ship maintenance, skills development, and freight mobility technology.

At the same time, APM Terminals Pipavav has officially signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat Maritime Commission, planning to invest $2 billion to expand Pipavav Port, which is known as one of India's most efficient private gateway ports. This investment is an important component of the $5 billion India infrastructure investment plan announced by its parent company Maersk Group earlier in 2025. It is reported that this expansion project will significantly enhance the comprehensive processing capacity of the port's container, liquid cargo, and roll on/roll off cargo. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, the Belt and Road latest information

These significant investment decisions are highly aligned with the Indian government's ongoing reform strategy of the 'Maritime Vision 2047'. In addition to receiving huge investments in the port sector, India has also shown a strong development trend in the broader shipping industry. According to the latest plan, India plans to add over 430 commercial vessels, involving a total amount of approximately 26 billion US dollars. The continuous increase of international port operation giants will not only promote the modernization and upgrading of India's port infrastructure, but also inject strong impetus into India's goal of becoming a maritime power. Editor/Yang Beihua