What is the News ?

The Indian shipping Minister recently mentioned that India and Russia want to start working on the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC).

Facts About:

• The EMC is like a new sea road that connects the Indian port of Chennai with the Russian port of Vladivostok.
• This new road is expected to make it much faster to move things between Indian and Russian ports in the Far East. It could be up to 40 percent faster, which means instead of taking 40 days, it might only take 24 days.
• Right now, when things are shipped from Mumbai, India, to St. Petersburg, Russia, it's a really long trip of 8,675 nautical miles.
• The EMC, on the other hand, is a shorter route, only about 5,600 nautical miles, which is way quicker than the current path through the Suez Canal.
• So, when the EMC is ready, it will be a faster way to send stuff from India to Far East Russia.
• It's great for India, because it's a quicker and better route to reach places in the Far East like China and Japan.