Adani Ports sets up India’s 1st Port of Refuge to bolster maritime safety
Ahmedabad, March 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Friday said it has operationalised India’s first Port of Refuge (PoR), addressing a long-standing gap in maritime emergency infrastructure, creating a structured mechanism to handle maritime emergencies and vessels in distress. The initiative is backed by a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SMIT Salvage, the salvage and emergency response division of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) and the Maritime Emergency Response Centre (MERC), bringing global expertise and coordinated response capability.