Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding yard in India, and one of the leading shipbuilding & repair yard in India. Cochin Shipyard which has an infrastructure that combines economy, scale, and flexibility, and has ISO 9001 accreditation. CSL also has an exclusive area set for offshore construction and future expansion. As one of the India's top 10 Public Sector Undertakings, CSL has been rated excellent by the Government of India, four times in a row for achieving the targets set for the yard under the MOU system.Since inception through 2002, the Cochin Shipyard Limited had built and delivered eight major ships and many small vessels. Besides making profits continuously, the shipyard contributed a sum of Rs.75 crores to the national exchequer. In the ship-repair area also, the shipyards’ performance was commendable and it was getting orders for ship-repairs. With specialised industry knowledge and superior resources, CSL has constantly unfolded new levels of excellence in shipbuilding and ship repair. As a technology leader in India, CSL has adopted the Japanese Integrated Hull Outfitting and Painting system (IHOP) for its new construction, which gives a clear edge to CSL in the field of fabrication of commissioning of accommodation modules & topside modification.
Lying close to the site where Vasco Da Gama landed in 1498, it has various points of tourist attraction. Lush green landscape and picturesque backwaters with Jew Street, Willingdon Island, Annual boat races, Vasco Da Gama's grave, Chinese fishing nets, wildlife and bird sanctuaries at Periyar and Alappuzha, tea estates near Munnar, and Ayurveda therapy centres in and around the city makes it one of the 'to be seen' places of the world.
Cochin Shipyard was launched in 1976. Since then it has evolved into the n builder of the largest vessels constructed in India for the Merchant Navy and the Indian Naval Services. With a track record of delivering results in record time, the Shipyard has the credit of being one of India's top 10 public sector undertakings and continues to maintain a steady level of cost-effectiveness in all its ventures. CSL's reputation for accomplishing time-sensitive assignments, whilst offering solutions that are by far the most competitive, has made it a preferred partner to some of the most demanding clients worldwide.
Cochin Shipyard is strategically located - midway on the international trade corridor, connecting Europe, Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The credit of building the largest ships in India goes to Cochin shipyard. CSL has so far built a wide variety of vessels including Tankers, Bulk Carriers, Heavy Engineering Structures, tugs for various ports of India, Patrol Vessels, Passenger Vessels and Docking Pontoons.
CSL uses the Japanese IHOP system, in which 95% of the outfitting including painting is done before the vessel is floated out.The yard continues to have technical cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency for achieving optimum production. CSL is the only yard in India which can repair vessels upto 125,000 DWT. CSL is pursuing a scheme for expansion of existing repair capacity through a ship lift system. Cochin shipyard has two world class docks, one for shipbuilding & one for shiprepair. Three quays having a total length of 1000 M provide requisite berthing facilities for the vessels. These quaysides can be dredged to any depth as per requirement, and is ideal for load out of offshore structures.
Cochin shipyard has 69 cranes for supporting its activities in Ship building repairing and upgrading. 150 T gantry crane, which is the second largest in Asia covers the whole of assembly shop and building dock. The company is augmenting the facility shortly with a 300 Ton Gantry Crane.
CSL is spread over 190 acres of land and has 2 docks and 3 quays. Apart from this the yard has a Steel Stockyard that can hold up to 60,000 t of steel, the largest Hull Fabrication Shop in India with 30,000 sq m covered area, an Assembly Shop with a telescopic sliding roof serviced by a 150 t Gantry Crane, an Engine and Machine Shop, an Electric Machinery Shop, and a Pipe Shop.
In early 2008 Indian state-owned Cochin Shipyard Ltd was awaiting government approval for an initial public offering to help raise funds for building a new dock and meet rising demand for ships.
