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India's warship maker comes to Gujarat - The Times of India
AHMEDABAD: A new chapter will soon be added to Gujarat's maritime history. Centre-owned Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore to set up a shipyard along the state's coastline to build warships. MDL has kept Indian Navy and the Coast Guard floating for decades by building warships, destroyers and patrolling vessels.
"A team of senior MDL officials will visit the state in October to select a site for the yard. We have been in talks with the Navy's top officials, including chief of naval staff," said additional chief secretary, ports and transport, Gujarat, B K Sinha. However, the senior bureaucrat refused to divulge investment details.
MDL is exploring the possibility of setting up the project at one of the marine shipbuilding parks (MSPs) being developed by the state government.
With MDL, a piece of India's history will become part of Gujarat. Mazagon Dock, Mumbai, was established in the 18th century, and over two centuries, it passed through various ownerships like the P&O Lines and the British India Steam Navigation Company. The company had given birth to the first Indian naval ships, including Nilgiri, Himgiri, and Vindhyagiri.
It is also credited with building the largest ships in this part of the world 6,700-tonne mammoth destroyer class of warships like INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai. The ship-building company, which has one of the largest orderbooks in India, has the capability to build warships, submarines, merchant ships, platforms and jack up rigs up to 30,000 DWT. The state has already been contributing to the country's naval defence.
Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd, a government of Gujarat initiative, builds naval ships, catamarans and other vessels for Indian Navy under total Rs 800 crore assignment. It has shipbuilding yards at Bhavnagar and Chanch.
AHMEDABAD: A new chapter will soon be added to Gujarat's maritime history. Centre-owned Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore to set up a shipyard along the state's coastline to build warships. MDL has kept Indian Navy and the Coast Guard floating for decades by building warships, destroyers and patrolling vessels.
"A team of senior MDL officials will visit the state in October to select a site for the yard. We have been in talks with the Navy's top officials, including chief of naval staff," said additional chief secretary, ports and transport, Gujarat, B K Sinha. However, the senior bureaucrat refused to divulge investment details.
MDL is exploring the possibility of setting up the project at one of the marine shipbuilding parks (MSPs) being developed by the state government.
With MDL, a piece of India's history will become part of Gujarat. Mazagon Dock, Mumbai, was established in the 18th century, and over two centuries, it passed through various ownerships like the P&O Lines and the British India Steam Navigation Company. The company had given birth to the first Indian naval ships, including Nilgiri, Himgiri, and Vindhyagiri.
It is also credited with building the largest ships in this part of the world 6,700-tonne mammoth destroyer class of warships like INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai. The ship-building company, which has one of the largest orderbooks in India, has the capability to build warships, submarines, merchant ships, platforms and jack up rigs up to 30,000 DWT. The state has already been contributing to the country's naval defence.
Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd, a government of Gujarat initiative, builds naval ships, catamarans and other vessels for Indian Navy under total Rs 800 crore assignment. It has shipbuilding yards at Bhavnagar and Chanch.
