About shipbuilding yards, he said: "We are very keen on shipbuilding yards. We are in talks with a number of Korean companies... We hope that there is a great future in India for shipbuilding and we want to be a part of that... And become a maritime player rather than a shipping company."
This might take time as every promoter for shipbuilding today is going slightly low because suddenly ship owners have stopped ordering ships, Hajara said adding that there were no talks with Japanese companies.
The company has deferred its plans to acquire eight large vessels including four very large crude carriers (VLCC) and four capesize vessels at a cost of one billion dollar to the next fiscal in the wake of economic meltdown.