{"id":373420,"date":"2026-10-08T16:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373420"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:21:55","slug":"eastern-maritime-corridor-emc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/eastern-maritime-corridor-emc\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Geopolitical disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea have highlighted India\u2019s need for safer and diversified energy routes like Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373431\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-373431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=419%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)\" width=\"419\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=1024%2C704&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-TH.jpg?w=1272&amp;ssl=1 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)<\/strong> is also called the<strong> Chennai-Vladivostok Sea Route.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It connects <strong>South India with Russia\u2019s Far East.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It was <strong>launched in 2019 by India and Russia<\/strong>\u00a0at the <strong>Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It passes through the <strong>Sea of Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, Malacca Strait, Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It then <strong>reaches Chennai<\/strong> through the <strong>Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shorter Distance:<\/strong> The route covers about <strong>5,647 nautical miles (10,458 km)<\/strong>, <strong>reducing <\/strong>the distance by up to<strong> 40% <\/strong>compared with the traditional route.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduced Transit Time: <\/strong>The EMC takes about <strong>24 days<\/strong>, compared with <strong>40 days on<\/strong> the traditional route, saving up to 16 days<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Access to Russia\u2019s Far East:<\/strong> The <strong>Vladivostok Port<\/strong> provides India with <strong>access to the resource-rich Russian Far East<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy Security:<\/strong> The EMC can help <strong>reduce India\u2019s exposure to maritime chokepoints<\/strong> by providing an <strong>alternative route for trade and energy supplies from Russia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lower Freight Cost:<\/strong> Ocean freight through the EMC is <strong>expected to be more than 50% cheaper than the Suez route<\/strong> because of its shorter distance and absence of canal transit charges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade Potential:<\/strong> India and Russia have linked the corridor with their goal of <strong>achieving US$100 billion annual bilateral trade by 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Geopolitical disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea have highlighted India\u2019s need for safer and diversified energy routes like Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC). About Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) The Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) is also called the Chennai-Vladivostok Sea Route. It connects South India with Russia\u2019s Far East. Origin: It was launched&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/eastern-maritime-corridor-emc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-373420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}