Overview

• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced plans for a logistics university and a civil aviation university to build sector-ready talent.
• He urged experts to form a 20-member advisory body and launched the Air Cargo Forum of India’s Andhra Pradesh chapter.
• The state highlighted six operational ports with four more planned and a goal of a port roughly every 50 km, plus shipbuilding and repair hubs at Dugarajapatnam and Machilipatnam including defence maintenance.
• Targets include lifting the maritime sector’s share of GSDP from about 1% to 3%, lowering logistics costs from roughly 13% toward global norms, and drawing hinterland cargo from neighboring states.
• Industry leaders signaled support with proposals for terminal-equipment manufacturing, rail and air-cargo improvements at Vizag, and fresh investment intentions from Adani Ports and Essar.