Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI), India’s largest shipbuilding and heavy fabrication company, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders known for its expertise in specialized and complex vessels. The two companies will work together to explore commercial shipbuilding and heavy engineering opportunities across both domestic and international markets, covering a wide portfolio of vessels such as tankers, gas carriers, container ships, and other advanced commercial vessels.
This partnership comes at a defining stage for India’s maritime growth, as the country accelerates its efforts to emerge as a global shipbuilding hub. Supported by favorable government policies, financial incentives, and state-of-the-art infrastructure, the agreement between SDHI and Samsung Heavy Industries aligns with India’s long-term vision of boosting maritime trade, technology, and industrial capacity.
Beyond shipbuilding, the collaboration will also focus on next-generation vessel design, green technologies, and digital shipbuilding methods that promise greater efficiency and sustainability. Both companies are committed to improving project execution through value engineering and by localizing material sourcing, which will help reduce costs while enhancing operational reliability.
The signing of this MoU highlights the growing importance of India’s role in the global shipping industry and reflects a shared commitment to innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness. SDHI, with its unmatched infrastructure that includes India’s largest dry dock measuring 662 meters by 65 meters with a capacity of 400,000 DWT, and an annual steel fabrication capacity of 144,000 tonnes, provides the scale and capability needed to support such ambitious projects. The shipyard also houses a specialized offshore yard spanning 750 meters by 265 meters, equipped for the fabrication, erection, and load-out of large platforms, offshore structures, and heavy engineering modules of up to 10,000 tonnes.
