In
order to promote ship building and ship-repair industry in India , the government
has formulated a policy of financial assistance for shipbuilding for a period
of ten years for contracts signed between 1st April, 2016 and 31st
March, 2026. The Financial assistance at the rate of 20% of the contractual
price of a vessel, fair price, or actual payments received by the shipyard is
payable after delivery of the vessel and as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry
of Shipping.
The
Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Central Public Sector Shipyard under the
administrative control of Ministry of Shipping, is building a state of art ship
repair facility on leased land from Cochin Port premises consisting of ship
lift system of 130 metres length, 25 meters breadth and capacity of 6000 tons,
costing Rs. 970 Crore.
The details of major ship-repairing facilities at
present in the country, location-wise is as below:-
List
of Major Ship-repair facilities
|
S.No
|
Name of Shipyard
|
Location
|
|
On Western Coast
|
|
1.
|
Cochin Shipyard Limited, under the administrative control of
Ministry of Shipping
|
Kochi (Kerala)
|
|
2.
|
Goa Shipyard Ltd., under the administrative control of Ministry
of Defence
|
Goa
|
|
3.
|
Reliance Defence and Engg. Limited (Formerly Pipavav Shipyard
Ltd.)
|
Gujarat
|
|
4.
|
Larsen & Toubro Shipbuilding Ltd.
|
Katupalli (TN)
|
|
5.
|
ABG Shipyard Ltd.
|
Dahej (Gujarat)
|
|
6.
|
Vijai
Marine Services
|
Goa
|
|
7.
|
MandoviDrydocks
Ltd.
|
Goa
|
|
8.
|
Dempo
Shipbuilding Ltd.
|
Goa
|
|
9.
|
Modest
Infrastructure Ltd.
|
Ramsar
(Gujarat)
|
|
10.
|
Shoft
Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.
|
Bharuch (Gujarat)
|
|
11.
|
Tebma Shipyard Ltd.
|
Malpe (Karnataka)
|
|
12.
|
TimbloDrydocks
Ltd.
|
Goa
|
|
13.
|
Alcock
Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited, under the administrative control of State
Government of Gujarat
|
Bhavnagar (Gujarat)
|
|
14.
|
BharatiDefence& Infrastructure
Ltd.
|
Mumbai
|
|
15.
|
N.N. Shipbuilders & Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
|
Thane, Maharashtra
|
|
16.
|
Waterways Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.
|
Goa
|
|
17.
|
West Coast Shipyard Ltd.
|
Goa
|
|
18.
|
Mazagon
Dock Ltd., under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence
|
Mumbai, Presently
MDL is not carrying out any ship-repairing work.
|
|
On
Eastern Coast
|
|
1.
|
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd., under the
administrative control of Ministry of Defence
|
Kolkata
|
|
2.
|
Hindustan
Shipyard Ltd., under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
|
3.
|
Shalimar
Works Ltd., under the administrative control of State Government of West
Bengal
|
Kolkata
|
|
4.
|
Titagargh
Marine Ltd.
|
West
Bengal
|
|
5.
|
A.C. Roy & Co.
|
Kolkata
|
|
6.
|
IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Limited,
|
Chennai
|
|
7.
|
Sembmarine Kakinada Ltd.
|
Kakinada,
Andhra Pradesh
|
This information
was given by Minister of Shipping and Road Transport & Highways, Shri Pon.
Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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