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Keel for 1st ship of 5 CGOPV project laid at GSL
Panaji, Mar 20 (UNI) Keel of the first Coast Guard Offshore
Patrol Vessel of the new 5 CGOPVs Project for the Indian Coast
Guard was ceremoniously laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd by ADG K
Natarajan, Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard), in the
presence of retired Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital, chairman and
managing director of GSL, at Vasco today.
According to a statement from GSL, a contract for five
CGOPVs was signed by GSL with Ministry of Defence (MoD) on August
26 last year and production was formally started within three
months with formal steel cutting on November 13, 2016, at the
hands Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Now, within further four months, company has started
construction of multiple blocks concurrently. It may be recalled
that GSL has delivered four big size OPVs in a short period of 15
months, resulting in GSL having unique distinction of delivering
highest combined CGT of 7,700 tonnes within a year, among all
shipyards in the country.
RAdm Mital said in his message, ''The Yard is already in
the process of executing the six CGOPVs Project, of which four
ships have been delivered all ahead of contractual delivery
schedule. The balance ships too, are progressing ahead of
schedule. The next project of five OPVs will be built in a
reduced build period of less than three years each.''
The vessels for the Indian Coast Guard are based on in-
house design of GSL and would be fitted with most modern and
technologically advanced machinery and computerized controls
systems, making them the most advanced Patrol Vessels in service
with the Indian Coast Guard on delivery. These 2,400 tonne
vessels will be equipped with additional features like Quick
Response Boats for rescue and anti piracy, Gunnery simulators and
many more advanced features. The hull would be the most efficient
form designed by GSL and would provide for fuel efficiency, crew
comfort and excellent sea keeping qualities.
Incidentally, this was the first keel laid in the modernized
facility developed under Phase 3A of Shipyard’s ambitious
modernisation programme, inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on
November 13, 2016.
The ships would thus be built in covered sheds, providing
improved environmental protection, leading to high quality of
construction, besides improved productivity with conducive
environment for workers.
GSL directors, DIG Atul Parlikar and other senior officials
of the Coast Guard and GSL were also present on occasion.
UNI AKM SS NP SHK 2243
http://www.uniindia.com/keel-for-1st-ship-of-5-cgopv-project-laid-at-gsl/other/news/816842.html
Panaji, Mar 20 (UNI) Keel of the first Coast Guard Offshore
Patrol Vessel of the new 5 CGOPVs Project for the Indian Coast
Guard was ceremoniously laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd by ADG K
Natarajan, Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard), in the
presence of retired Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital, chairman and
managing director of GSL, at Vasco today.
According to a statement from GSL, a contract for five
CGOPVs was signed by GSL with Ministry of Defence (MoD) on August
26 last year and production was formally started within three
months with formal steel cutting on November 13, 2016, at the
hands Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Now, within further four months, company has started
construction of multiple blocks concurrently. It may be recalled
that GSL has delivered four big size OPVs in a short period of 15
months, resulting in GSL having unique distinction of delivering
highest combined CGT of 7,700 tonnes within a year, among all
shipyards in the country.
RAdm Mital said in his message, ''The Yard is already in
the process of executing the six CGOPVs Project, of which four
ships have been delivered all ahead of contractual delivery
schedule. The balance ships too, are progressing ahead of
schedule. The next project of five OPVs will be built in a
reduced build period of less than three years each.''
The vessels for the Indian Coast Guard are based on in-
house design of GSL and would be fitted with most modern and
technologically advanced machinery and computerized controls
systems, making them the most advanced Patrol Vessels in service
with the Indian Coast Guard on delivery. These 2,400 tonne
vessels will be equipped with additional features like Quick
Response Boats for rescue and anti piracy, Gunnery simulators and
many more advanced features. The hull would be the most efficient
form designed by GSL and would provide for fuel efficiency, crew
comfort and excellent sea keeping qualities.
Incidentally, this was the first keel laid in the modernized
facility developed under Phase 3A of Shipyard’s ambitious
modernisation programme, inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on
November 13, 2016.
The ships would thus be built in covered sheds, providing
improved environmental protection, leading to high quality of
construction, besides improved productivity with conducive
environment for workers.
GSL directors, DIG Atul Parlikar and other senior officials
of the Coast Guard and GSL were also present on occasion.
UNI AKM SS NP SHK 2243
http://www.uniindia.com/keel-for-1st-ship-of-5-cgopv-project-laid-at-gsl/other/news/816842.html
