Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) today joined the elite class with the delivery of the 200th vessel.
The 200th vessel is 105m Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) to be christened “INS SUMEDHA”. The vessel is the largest Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Indian Navy and the largest constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited. The first and second of the series the “INS SARYU” and “INS SUNAYANA” were delivered to the Indian Navy by GSL on 21 December 2012 and 02 September 2013.
The other vessels built and delivered by the yard include Missile Crafts, Torpedo Recovery Vessels, Fast Patrol Vessels, Extra Fast Attack Crafts, Offshore Patrol Vessels, Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels and Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels and 126 GRP interceptor Boats.
As one of the few Indian shipyards equipped with an in-house design capability, GSL carries out its own Research & Development, in the process developing an in-house product range that efficiently meets the specific requirements of clients in the defence as well as commercial sectors in the fields of design, construction, repair and modernization of vessels.
Goa Shipyard is implementing a major expansion plan that will significantly boost capacity of its shipbuilding facilities. The ongoing modernization project will augment GSL’s current capability to manufacture cutting edge warships.
Once fully completed it will result in substantial enhancement of the shipyard’s capacity to fabricate steel, aluminum and GRP hull vessels.
[mappress] Press Release, January 14, 2014