COCHIN SHIPYARD SIGNS PHASE III CONTRACT OF INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR INDIAN NAVY

 Cochin Shipyard Limited signed the Phase-III contract for Construction of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier on October 31, 2019. The Phase-III contract covers the operational and harbor acceptance trials of various equipment and systems installed onboard and also the Sea Trials of the Carrier. The contract also covers some activities which are to be undertaken post-delivery of the vessel including support during weapon & aviation trials.

                                

The contract was signed at the Ministry of Defence between Ms. Nidhi Chhibber, Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager (Maritime Systems), MoD and Shri Suresh Babu N V, Director (Operations), CSL.

The contract value is above 3,000 crores.

FLAGGING OFF OF THE FIRST BATCH OF TUNA LONG LINER AND FISHING VESSELS

 FLAGGING OFF OF THE FIRST BATCH OF TUNA LONG LINER CUM GILLNET FISHING VESSELS FROM COCHIN SHIPYARD

The First batch of Four(4 Nos.) Tuna Long Liner Cum Gillnetter Fishing Vessels designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited,for fishermen beneficiaries of Department of Fisheries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu was flagged off today by the Honb’le Chief Minister of Tamil adu, Thiru Edappadi K Palaniswamy.In this respect a ceremony was conducted in Cochin Shipyard Ltd attended by ShriJohny Tom IAS, Additional Director, Tamil Nadu Fisheries, Shri. K.S. Srinivas IAS, Chairman MPEDA, and Senior Officials of various other organizations connected with Fishing Industry in the presence of Shri. Madhu.S.Nair, Chairman – Cochin Shipyard and employees of Cochin Shipyard.

Cochin Shipyard is building a total of 16 Nos. Tuna Long Lining and Gillnetting fishing vessels under the diversification scheme of trawling fishing boats into deep sea fishing boats under Govt. of India Blue Revolution scheme with financial assistance from Government of India and Government of Tamil Nadu. 

These vessels are designed and built as ‘state of the art’ high quality fishing vessels with modern navigation and communication equipment and advanced net hauling and liner winches. Other facilities include galleys, bio-toilet, refrigerated seawater system and stainless steel cladded PUF insulated Fish Hold to preserve the fish catch. These boats are a great boon to Indian Fishing Community to migrate to more sustainable Deep Sea Fishing.

COCHIN SHIPYARD LTD SIGNS 5 YEAR AMC FOR COASTAL POLICE INTERCEPTOR BOATS WITH KERALA POLICE 

Chennai, 09.01.2019: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) today inked an Annual Maintenance Contract with the Kerala Coastal Police for the repairs & maintenance of 23 Nos of Coastal Interceptor Boats based over 18 Coastal Police stations being operated by the state Coastal Police. The AMC Agreement, with an intended validity of 5 years, is expected to help the force in keeping these assets operational and reducing downtime.

The AMC Agreement was signed on 09 Jan 2018 by Shri Sreejith KN, General Manager (Ship Repair), Cochin Shipyard Limited and Shri KP Philip, IPS, Deputy Inspector General, Coastal Security, in the presence of Shri Madhu S Nair, Chairman & Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Shri Vijay Sakhare, IPS, Inspector General of Police, and other senior officials of Cochin Shipyard Limited & Kerala Police.