Gulf Times: Indian Shipyard offers patrol vessels

[angeldemon_007]

The growing co-operation between India and some GCC states in the defence sector is expected to boost the demand for Indian-made patrolling vessels and frigates in the region in coming years, a senior official of the Goa Shipyard Limited has said. The firm is owned by the Indian government.Speaking to Gulf Times yesterday, Commodore Prabhat Shrivastava, director at the shipyard (Corporate planning/projects/ business development), said their company, employing about 1,400 skilled professionals has already manufactured a number of patrol vessels, and there is a growing awareness about equipment produced by the yard around the world.
In the last two editions of the Dimdex defence exhibition hosted by the Qatar Armed forces, Goa Shipyard was among the main participants and its pavilion attracted a lot of attention from visitors.
“We have found that very few countries of the Middle East have recorded the kind of economic growth that Qatar has achieved in recent years and the country’s requirements to guard its coastline and territorial waters are growing,” said Commodore Shrivastava. The official said the shipyard has designed, developed and manufactured more than 115 vessels for the Indian navy, and ministry of home.

Gulf Times ? Qatar?s top-selling English daily newspaper - Qatar

 

[Kaniska]

Good from business aspect....

 

[angeldemon_007]

^^^
Our shipyards are not able to fulfill IN and ICG's requirement and they are going around offering to build warshipis for other countries ? GRSE will be working on a warship for some south east asian country while Project 28 is delayed and 3 project 17a frigates and 8 Project 28a corvettes and 8 LCUs are lined up. I mean if they have time and space, then why don't they start working on these projects ?

 

[vigour]

^^^
It is good for the self sustainability of the sector; reason being that though it may delay or slow the process of IN procurements but in future it will be able to leverage the revenue for future production without significant reliance on the allocation of the budget. Albeit, the realization of the same is dubious in current state.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Yes it is true Indian shipyards are currently stretched but MASSIVE upgrading is taking place along with capacity increases, such interest is great as it fuels these expansions even more as it funds and justifies the investment. In 5-10 years we will all look back and laugh once all the work has finished and the shipyards are truly world players. Every industry/economy goes through this process but I have no doubt they will come out the other end much stronger. Ink about how far the shipyards have come in a VERY short period of time to the point where they are building Indian ACC and stealth frigates/destroyers, the future looks VERY, VERY bright.