Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met with top executives from Nokia and Kone Corporation in Helsinki, as well as Finnish leaders like Deputy Prime Minister Riikka Purra, to encourage Finnish investments in India’s R&D, manufacturing, and next-generation technologies like 5G, 6G, AI, and semiconductors. Concurrently, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), through its subsidiary Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL), is investing ₹13,000 crore to acquire up to a 49% stake in Adani Vizhinjam Port Pvt Ltd, positioning Vizhinjam Port as an international transshipment hub. Located just 10 nautical miles from major global shipping routes, the port handled over 1,000 ships and two million TEUs within its first 18 months, with full export-import (EXIM) operations set to begin on August 18. Although the Kerala government is initiating land acquisition for 3,500 acres of logistics parks and warehousing, it must accelerate road and rail connectivity to fully capture regional economic benefits and handle growing freight volumes.