Question

Which is the largest shipyard in India?

Answer 1

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. It is located in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. This shipyard mainly deals with shipbuilding, ship designing and ship repair.

Listed below are the other details of Cochin Shipyard

• Cochin Shipyard was incorporated in 1972 as a Government of India company and it came under the category of Public sector.
• The yard has the facilities to build vessels up to 1.1 lakh tons and repair vessels up to 1.25 lakh tons,which serves the largest such facilities in India.
• MV Rani Padmini in 1981 was the first ship to roll out of this shipyard.
• About 100 marine engineers are trained every year in this huge shipyard.
• The yard also extends its hand in maintenance and building of Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard ships.
• Currently the yard is building the warship INS Vikrant the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy to be designed and built-in India.