Kerala Cabinet clears the special purpose vehicle for an International Maritime Museum and an Oceanarium

4 November 2026

The Kerala Cabinet has approved the draft Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the special purpose vehicle that will build the proposed International Maritime Museum and Oceanarium.
Both projects come under the State's Mission Samudra initiative.
The company will be registered as a Section 8 company and will begin as a foundation.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan told reporters after the meeting that the oceanarium will not be like any other in the country and will carry modern facilities.
The museum is meant to show Kerala's maritime history and is to be built to international standards.
The Cabinet asked for the two projects to be speeded up.
How the projects will pay for themselves is to be settled later.