Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, is currently on his four-day visit to South Korea, pitching India's maritime opportunity to Korean industry, an official statement has said.The visit coincides with efforts by two countries to expand shipbuilding cooperation and move India toward its goal of becoming one of the world's top five shipbuilding nations by 2047, the statement from the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said.

Sonowal opened the trip in Busan, which he referred to as the hub of Korea's maritime industry, and interacted with Indian professionals working in Korean shipbuilding.