GREEN PORT DEVELOPMENT UNDER MAKV 2047-SUSTAINABLE PORT DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH NATIONAL MARITIME VISION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.69980/pdfydy40Keywords:
Green Port, Maritime India Vision, Harit Sagar Guidelines, Sustainable Port Development, Blue Economy, MAKV 2047Abstract
India’s port industry lies at the heart of the nation’s Maritime endeavours. Handling 94% of national trade volumetrically, yet struggling to decarbonize itself, the country’s ambition has taken form in the Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 (MAKV 2047) the long-term successor to the Maritime India Vision (MIV) 2030. In the new vison, sustainability, primarily operationalized through Harit Sagar Green Port Guidelines & its subsidiary such as Green Tug Transition Programme, takes a seat as a structural feature, not merely an attendant variable. Employing conceptual frameworks drawn from the international port and sustainability literature & document-based analyses using a qualitative approach, this article investigates the degree to which green port initiatives within MAKV 2047 correlate with India’s holistic vision of Maritime dominance. This thesis comprises a focused chapter on literature reviews situated in global discourses on green port instruments, measurement of environmental performance, and port governance. Based on a qualitative, document based, analytic approach, the study addresses the Institutional instruments, Investment Structure and The Enforcement gaps of India’s green port transition. It observes progress in setting targets and drafting guidelines but reveals lags in on ground verification, concession-based enforcement tools and its integration with the overall blueprint of the broader Blue Economy. The research then provides recommendations for concrete and measurable green sustainability clause inclusion within existing concessionaire contracts and building up an effective monitoring regime, ahead of the milestones by 2030 and 2047.
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