India, Nov. 7 -- India's maritime sector has seldom received the kind of attention it did recently in Mumbai. At the India Maritime Week 2025 (IMW-25), ports, shipbuilding, and reform were firmly at the centre of the national agenda. An ambitious $1 trillion-plus investment roadmap was unveiled, signalling opportunities across the blue economy, digital port infrastructure, and green corridors. As with such set-piece spectacles, the events were framed as a celebration of the recent gains in the commercial maritime arena - shorter container dwell times, faster vessel turnaround, record cargo volumes and port surpluses, and India's emergence as the world's third-largest supplier of seafarers. The underlying message was clear - India is open ...