A joint report by consultancy EY and industry chamber FICCI has urged the Indian government to establish a 10‑year vessel procurement pipeline to support the domestic shipbuilding and ship‑repair industry.
Published in a report titled "Optimising India’s Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Capacity: Roadmap for Industrial Scale‑up", the document, as reported on 6 November 2026, frames a decade‑long procurement horizon as central to the sector’s expansion.
The report says a decade‑long pipeline would provide long‑term demand visibility for yards and repair facilities across India. That visibility is presented as the primary mechanism by which industrial scale‑up can be accelerated, according to the EY‑FICCI analysis.
The authors place emphasis on the need for predictable, sustained orders to underpin capacity growth. The report argues that a structured procurement timeline would help translate policy intent into measurable industrial activity.
The proposal in brief
EY and FICCI set out the 10‑year pipeline as a single, clear recommendation within a wider roadmap aimed at increasing domestic shipbuilding and repair capacity. The report gives the recommendation prominence in its title and summary, signalling it as a central tool for the roadmap.
The document, as presented by reports, links the procurement pipeline directly to the objective of industrial scale‑up rather than to short‑term demand management. The emphasis is on long‑term planning rather than immediate ad hoc measures.
Implications flagged by the report
According to the report, the principal outcome of a 10‑year pipeline would be enhanced demand visibility for the industry. EY and FICCI describe this outcome as instrumental to the wider goal of optimising India’s shipbuilding and ship‑repair capacity.
The report frames the procurement pipeline as a foundational element of the roadmap its authors have compiled. It presents the pipeline as part of a suite of recommendations intended to move capacity‑building from concept into practice.
EY and FICCI’s document, titled "Optimising India’s Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Capacity: Roadmap for Industrial Scale‑up", is presented as a strategic overview that identifies long‑term procurement planning as a lever for change. The reports item reported these conclusions on 6 November 2026.
The report’s articulation of a decade‑long visibility mechanism is presented as a way to align industrial planning with policy objectives. EY and FICCI frame the approach as a means of creating a more predictable environment for the sector’s development.
The reports account that summarised the report highlighted the scale‑up argument and the call for a 10‑year pipeline. That summary served to communicate the report’s central recommendation to an international maritime audience.
The roadmap and its headline recommendation form the core of the report’s public presentation. EY and FICCI position the procurement pipeline as a key instrument in the broader effort to optimise capacity in India’s shipbuilding and repair sector.
Further details of the report’s other proposals are contained within the document itself. The published title and the public summary reported make the 10‑year procurement pipeline the most prominent policy suggestion emerging from the EY‑FICCI collaboration.
The report’s publication and its central recommendation have been reported to the maritime media on 6 November 2026, reflecting EY and FICCI’s joint work on a roadmap intended to address capacity and industrial growth in India’s shipbuilding and ship‑repair sector.