Mumbai, March 1st, 2025: RITES Ltd. hosted a full-day workshop on MAITRI (Master Application for International Trade & Regulatory Interface) in Mumbai on Thursday. Designed as a unified digital interface, MAITRI aims at enabling cross-border seamless logistics data exchange.

As part of a parallel event hosted by the MoPSW on ‘Boosting Ports, Shipping & Waterways: Powering the Blue Economy – Viksit Bharat with Budget 2025’, Hon’ble Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled the official MAITRI logo.

The workshop witnessed participation from key domestic and overseas stakeholders, including officials from Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Deendayal Port Authority, JNPA, DP World, AD Ports, GTI, PSA, NSDT, NSFT, and others. Discussions covered logistics, shipping lines, customs facilitation, IT security, regulatory compliance, and interoperability with the existing platforms. The deliberations, followed by a Q&A session, provided more insights into the MAITRI’s concept and the way forward.