Investment Guidelines

SMFCL provides financing for projects that enable maritime and port-led development, aligned with the Sagarmala Programme’s pillars—Port Modernisation, Port Connectivity, Port-led Industrialisation, and Coastal Community Development. Funding is available for greenfield, brownfield, and expansion projects, including PPPs, SPVs, and projects requiring viability gap support. The scope below is indicative; any viable project that contributes to India’s maritime sector may be considered by the SMFCL Board.

Major Lending Project Categories

1) Ports and Jetties: Construction, expansion, modernization, and maintenance of Maritime facility including Office /residential requirements such as:
• Ports, Shipyards
• Jetties, RoRO, ROpax
• Harbours
• Associated facilities

2) Vessels: All types of Ship Acquisition/ship building, upgradation, or construction of Vessels/Tugs, including fishing vessel and deep sea trawlers and related equipment, navigations equipment, coastal fisheries, dredgers.

3) Port Connectivity: Development of last-mile Port Connectivity including backward and forward linkages integrated with ports such as:
• Road
• Rail
• Pipeline
• Multimodal logistic hubs
• Network integration and logistics support of ports
• Coastal infrastructure

4) Port-led Industrialization (Infra Portion): not exceeding 30% of NoF of SMFCL:
• Industrial Cluster
• Maritime Cluster
• SIPC(Smart Industrial Port Cities)/SEZ(Special Economic Zone)/CEZ(Costal Economic Zone)
• Power Plants (Conventional, Non -Conventional & Renewable)
• Port Led Industries.
• Green Hydrogen/Methanol Hubs
• Establishment & capacity augmentation of Shipyards.
• Ship-building// Ship-breaking/recycling
• Real-estate development
• Ancillary infrastructure such as cargo handling equipment, breakwaters, navigation aids etc.

5) Coastal Community Development & Skill Development: (not exceeding 30% of NoF of SMFCL)
• Technology/Training Centers
• Community Development
• Community Infrastructure

6) Coastal Shipping & Inland Waterways: (not exceeding 30% of NoF of SMFCL)
• Coastal Tourism
• Cruise Tourism
• River-front development
• Island Development, Inland waterways, Sea planes & seaplane Ports

Submission Requirements

Project proponents seeking financial assistance from SMFCL must submit a Detailed Project Report (DPR) with complete financial analysis, duly approved by the competent appraising and administrative authorities.