Mumbai, July 15 -- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will establish a Sustainable Maritime Transport Centre at the Maritime Training Institute in Powai, Mumbai.

The centre will operate under the Indian Ocean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Maritime Transport (IOCE-SMarT) framework.

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced the development during the inaugural session of the second BIMSTEC Ports Conclave in Visakhapatnam on Monday. The event was organised by the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA).

The minister described the centre as a significant step toward operationalising the recently-signed BIMSTEC Agreement on Maritime Transport Coo...