Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated E-Samudra platform during a national stakeholder interaction on “Seafarer Security, Safety and Welfare and Inauguration of E-Samudra”, held in Mumbai.
About E-Samudra
E-Samudra is a comprehensive digital platform that integrates services for seafarers, shipping companies, ports and other maritime stakeholders, while announcing a series of reforms to strengthen seafarer welfare, security and service delivery.
E-Samudra will bring maritime services into a single digital window with end-to-end workflows, online payments, real-time tracking and digitally issued certificates.
Our objective is not merely to put processes online, but to make them predictable, transparent and time-bound.
India’s active seafarer workforce has grown from about 1.03 lakh in 2013 to more than 3.23 lakh in 2025, underscoring the need to strengthen digital service delivery, regulation and welfare for the country’s rapidly expanding maritime workforce.
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