SHIPPING

Nikarshan Sadan

• The museum displayed models of different types of dredgers, vintage photos  & historical milestones of this dredging behemoth from the Eastern Port City of Vizag.
  
  
• Dredging Corporation of India Limited, or DCI, is unit engaged in the business of dredging. Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.
  
  
• DCI is headquartered at Visakhapatnam and reports to the Ministry of Shipping.
  
  

Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding (CEMS)

• Sarbananda Sonowal also inaugurated skill development facility -Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding (CEMS) at a function in Visakhapatnam.
  
  
• CEMS also has a Mumbai campus at the Head Office of Indian Register of Shipping which mainly caters to re-skilling.
  
  
• CEMS equips students with employable engineering and technical skills in the areas of Ship Hull Design, Ship Detailed Design, Shipbuilding & Maintenance etc.