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India’s ‘unsinkable carrier’ near South-east Asia – and its China calculation
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz taught India what strategic exposure costs. Now it’s making its move not too far from the Malacca Strait.
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Workers unloading shipping containers from the Nalanda passenger vessel at Kamorta in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on March 25.
PHOTO: AFP
Located 40 nautical miles from the Malacca Strait choke point, the International Container Transhipment Port at Great Nicobar’s Galathea Bay is the centrepiece of New Delhi’s next grand plan – the Great Nicobar Project.
It is pitched potentially as a “pivotal hub in global shipping by drawing cargo from major ports across the region while reducing logistics costs, improving maritime security and strengthening India’s role in global trade”.
