Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, has entered into an agreement with Germany-based Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co. KG to build and deliver four multi-purpose vessels at a cost of approximately $45 million. The GRSE said that it will execute the contract in 33 months, with an option of building another four ships soon.
The vessels will be 120 meters long and 17 meters wide, with a maximum draft of 6.75 meters. Each will have a carrying capacity of 7,500 metric tons of load and a single cargo hold to accommodate bulk, general, and project cargoes, the GRSE informed.
GRSE’s Director (Shipbuilding) Shantanu Bose, & Co’s Managing Director Carsten Thomas Rehder signed the contract. Commodore PR Hari, Indian Navy (Retd.), CMD GRSE was present at the function.
The government has been pushing for exports of defense products, with the volume crossing an all-time high of ₹21,000 crore. The shipyard is currently working on six patrol boats and a TSH dredger for the government of Bangladesh.
It has built over 790 platforms so far, including 109 warships for the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, and friendly foreign countries—the highest number of warships built and delivered by any Indian shipyard to date.
