Overview
- The Indian Coast Guard hosted an Italian delegation at its New Delhi headquarters on Thursday, where both sides explored cooperation on shipbuilding and maritime technology.
- The delegation included Fincantieri executives Eugenio Santagata and Embassy of Italy counsellor Anna Ruffino, and they called on Director General Paramesh Sivamani.
- Inspector General Sudhir Sahni chaired the meeting, which focused on partnering with Indian shipyards for future builds.
- Talks highlighted design aims such as resilient hulls for higher sea states, greater bollard pull, integrated firefighting systems, and hybrid or electric propulsion.
- Both sides discussed modular multi-role ships and co-developing niche tools like dynamic positioning, advanced thrusters, AI decision aids, counter-drone defense, and green propulsion aligned with Aatmanirbhar Bharat, and they left without announcing any deals.