<span style="color: #222222;">Union Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a meeting today to augment Ship Repairing facilities in India and Indian Flagged Ships in the world.<br />'' <br />'' He asked suggestion from the Shipping Industry representatives to prepare a robust ecosystem for ship repairing facilities to transform India in a 'Ship Repair Hub'.<br />'' <br />'' The minister stressed upon the aspects of upskilling expertise of Indian service engineers, enhancing the yard capacity and maintaining the supply of required spare parts which are manufactured indigenously.<br />'' <br />'' Reiterating the vision of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, Mr. Mandaviya called for innovation in the Ship Repairing Facilities with world-class Infrastructure.<br />'' <br />'' He also directed the Shipping Ministry officials to come up with the Action Plan to increase the number of Indian Flagged ships in an endeavour to save around 13 billion US dollars of forex and create additional employment.<br />'' <br />'' The virtual meeting was attended by representatives of Ship-owners Association, CMD-Shipping Corporation of India, Director General-Shipping, and senior officials of the Ministry of Shipping.</span><br />''