Goa Shipyard Shiplift System Pays Off

The commissioning of the state- of- the -art Shiplift facility in Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) has given a boost to its ship repair and shipbuilding activities. The yard has seen docking of 50 vessels since its commissioning on May 2011.

Speaking on the occasion of the 50th docking on 22nd Oct 2013, RAdm(Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, VSM Chairman and Managing Director GSL said “ There was an upsurge in the ship repair activities in the yard and the Company has repaired 49 vessels to date which include Naval and Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessels, Offshore Supply Vessels, AHTS, Fishing research vessels, Diving support vessels, bulk carriers, barges, yachts, etc.” CMD further said the ship repair business is expected to increase further in the years to come.

This state-of-the-art Shiplift system with dimensions of 120 mts x 25mts is capable of docking 120m vessels up to 6000T. The ship transfer system spread over an area of around 13600 sq. mtrs. can transfer vessels of 6000T capacity from Shiplift to hard stand. Significantly, GSL has capacity to dock four ships of 120 m length simultaneously on hard stand at present which can meet the customer demands for dock in emergency repairs. Two additional hard stand areas would be available post completion of modernisation Phase 3A currently underway. This state of the art shiplift & Transfer system installed by M/s Bosch Rexroth B V, The Netherlands is certified by Lloyd’s Register Asia, a classification society of international repute, to a nominal lifting capacity of 6000 tonnes.

Noteworthy that GSL has launched a systematic and planned modernization programme aimed at creating new facilities and infrastructure to undertake the anticipated work load of ship construction in the years to come, including series construction of high technology ships for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. This remodeling will enable GSL to meet the qualitative and quantitative objectives of building and delivering quality ships at competitive cost with shorter construction periods and delivery times as well as increased capacity and product mix.

Once fully complete, it will result in substantial augmentation of the Shipyard’s capacity to fabricate steel, aluminium and GRP hull vessels to nearly three times its present capacity, whilst also leading to a quantum increase in the ship repair segment.

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Press Release, October 25, 2013