Cochin Shipyard Ltd

Reference Number
RF149388
Description

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime-related facilities in the port city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.

Of the services provided by the shipyard are building platform supply vessels and double-hulled oil tankers. Presently it is building the first range of indigenous aircraft carriers for the Indian Navy the Vikrant aircraft carriers.

Cochin Shipyard was incorporated in 1972 as a Government of India company, with the first phase of facilities coming online in 1982. The company has a Miniratna status. 

The yard has facilities to build vessels up to 1.1 million tons and repair vessels up to 1.25 million tons, the largest such facilities in India. The first ship to roll out of the Cochin Shipyard was the MV Rani Padmini in 1981. Cochin Shipyard is currently building India's first indigenous aircraft carrier. The Vikrant-class aircraft carriers are the first aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy to be designed and built in India. The carriers will be the largest warships built by CSL. As of March 2016, it has nearly completed the construction of the first Vikrant-class carrier, the INS Vikrant. The shipyard also trains graduate engineers in marine engineering Around one hundred students are trained each year.

Location
Country
India
State/Region/Province
Kerala
City
Ernakulam
Address
Perumanoor PO ,Kochi , Kerala, India
ZIP code
682015
Additional information
Phone
4842501370
Website
https://cochinshipyard.com
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