Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has signed a contract with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for the construction of two Coastal Research Vessels (CRVs). The contract was signed on June 11, 2025, by Shantanu Bose, Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE, and N. M. Shareef, Deputy Director General & Head of Marine & Coastal Survey […]
Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL), a shipbuilding company, laid the keel for Yard 1283, the fourth Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) being built for the Indian Navy, on 9 June 2025. The ceremony was held at GSL’s shipyard and attended by Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay, Chairman and […]
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), a government-owned defence shipyard, has signed a series of agreements in Norway aimed at expanding its international shipbuilding and offshore capabilities. The company announced the signing of one Memorandum of Intent (MoI) and two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on 4 June 2025 as part of an official delegation […]
India and Japan have discussed expanding maritime cooperation across shipbuilding, port development, and maritime training during a bilateral meeting between Indian Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Japan’s Vice Minister for International Affairs Terada Yoshimichi. The meeting, held in Oslo, Norway, also covered potential investments by Japanese shipyards, employment of Indian seafarers, […]
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), a Kolkata-based shipbuilding company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Kongsberg to build India’s first indigenously constructed Polar Research Vessel (PRV). The vessel will be developed at GRSE’s Kolkata shipyard using design expertise from Kongsberg and in alignment with the requirements of the National Centre for Polar […]
India and the European Union have significantly expanded their maritime and shipbuilding cooperation in 2025 through a series of strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and defence-related initiatives. These collaborations span naval operations, technology transfer, joint vessel development, and shipyard capacity enhancement. India will host its first-ever country session at Nor-Shipping 2025 on 4 June, marking a […]
MacGregor, a UK-based producer of cargo and load-handling solutions for the maritime industry, has received an order from the Netherlands-based Vertom group to supply electric cargo cranes for four multipurpose vessels being constructed at Chowgule Shipyard in India. Deliveries of the equipment are scheduled to begin in 2026. The order was booked in the second […]
Royal IHC, a Netherlands-based shipbuilding company, has opened a new office in Navi Mumbai to support its vessel production activities in India. The new facility is expected to expand the company’s manufacturing capabilities in the country and support its ongoing engineering and shipbuilding operations. The company operates a production facility in Taloja Navi Mumbai, opened […]
The Maharashtra government has approved a new policy focused on shipbuilding, ship repair, and ship recycling, targeting an investment of INR 66 billion and the creation of 40,000 jobs by 2030. The policy further aims for INR 180 billion in investment and 330,000 jobs by 2047. According to the policy, development plans include establishing marine […]
The Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Kerala has been formally inaugurated, with a reported investment of INR 88 billion. Developed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, the facility is India’s first dedicated container transshipment port and aims to reduce reliance on foreign ports such as Colombo, Singapore, and Jebel Ali for handling […]