Indian shipbuilder Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has laid the keel of a new training vessel ordered by the Indian Navy. The vessel is the first in a planned class of three. Each will have accommodations for up to 210 cadets plus 170 crewmembers and a secondary humanitarian assistance and disaster relief...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Sandhayak – First in new hydrographic survey ship class for Indian Navy
Indian state-owned shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) recently handed over the lead ship of a new class of large hydrographic survey vessels ordered from the company by the Indian Navy. INS Sandhayak is the first vessel in the Sandhayak-class, which were designed jointly by...
COLUMN | Lowered expectations: Saudi Arabia’s oil production; Nigeria’s currency; SBM’s whistleblower; Falkland Islands’ FPSO [Offshore Accounts]
The novelist Jodi Picoult once said that, “there are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” Changing the world for the better is hard, but there have been a lot of expectations lowered in the offshore industry this week. Unfortunately, these reduced expectations seem to have produced little joy in […]
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Keels laid for three future Indian Navy vessels
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) of Kolkata held simultaneous keel-laying ceremonies for three future vessels slated for the Indian Navy on Friday, June 17. ..
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Work Boat World Maritime Security Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – June 15, 2022
This week’s featured deliveries include two amphibious landing vessels for the US and Nigerian Navies, 12 high-speed border guard boats for Vietnam, and a UK police ..
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Kolkata yard launches future Indian Navy survey ship
Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) launched a new hydrographic survey ship slated for the Indian Navy on Thursday, May 26. The future INS Nirdes ..
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Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – April 21, 2022
Newly awarded and ongoing projects are mainly within the installation and survey sectors, with the geographic scopes covering Western Europe and Asia. Subsea 7, partners ..
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Indian defence ministry orders multi-purpose vessels from local builder
The Indian Ministry of Defence has awarded local shipbuilder Larsen and Toubro a contract for the construction of two new mult-purpose vessels (MPVs) for the Indian Navy. ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Vigraha – Long-range patrol vessel enters service with Indian Coast Guard
The Indian Coast Guard recently commissioned a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) into service. Named after the traditional Hindi term that denotes freedom from any kind of ..
Four consortia secure contracts to bid for future Royal Navy support ships
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded contracts to four contending consortia to develop their respective bid vessels under the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) programme. ..