Lok Sabha
There are 27 shipyards in the country out of which 3 Shipyards are under the administrative control of Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Department of Shipping viz. Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi; Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam; and Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited, Kolkata. Three Shipyards are under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence, viz., Mazagaon Dock Limited, Mumbai; Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Kolkata; and Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa. There are two Shipyards under the administrative control of the State Governments i.e. M/s Alcock Ashdown & Co. Ltd., Bhavnagar under the State Government of Gujarat; M/s Shalimar Works Ltd., Kolkata under the State Government of West Bengal. The rest are in the private sector.
The number of the ships built/under construction and proposed to be constructed by the shipyards under the administrative control of Department of Shipping and some of the State Government and private sector shipyards which are members of the Shipyards Association of India during the last three years is given below:
(i) Central PSU Shipyards
| S.No. | Name of Shipyard | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | Under construction/ proposed to be constructed |
| 1. | Cochin Shipyard Limited | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 2. | Hindustan Shipyard Limited | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 3. | Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
(ii) State Government and Private Sector Shipyards who are members of Shipyards Association of India
(Source: Shipyards Association of India)
| S.No. | Name of Shipyard | No. of Ships Built during | No. of Ships under construction/ proposed to be constructed | ||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |||
| 1. | L&T*, Hazira | Nil | Nil | Nil | Two at present. In near future expand the capacity to build 8 ships per year |
| 2. | Shoft Shipyard, Bharauch | 2 | 2 | Nil | 7 |
| 3. | Pipavav Shipyard | Nil | Nil | Nil | 22 |
| 4. | Dempo Shipbuilding | 7 | 11 | 11 | 17 (in 2007-08) |
| 5. | Chowgule & Co.** | 16 | 3 | Nil | 4 (in 2007-08) |
| 6. | Tebma Shipyards Ltd. | 1 | 3 | 3 | Information not available |
| 7. | ABG Shipyard Ltd. | 5 | 5 | 6 | - do - |
| 8. | Bharati Shipyard Ltd. | 5 | 5 | 3 | - do - |
| 9. | Alcock Ashdown | 1 | 5 | 5 | - do - |
| 10. | Modest Infrastructure | Nil | Nil | 2 | - do - |
| 11 | Corporate Consultants | 5 | 5 | 6 | - do - |
* L&T proposes to have a new shipyard to be implemented in a phased manner with capacity to construct 5 VLCC and 20 Panamax vessels per year and repair of about 60- 80 ships per year.
**Yard development work in progress since early 2005, hence no vessel was delivered in 2006-07. Shipyard has export orders for 20 vessels to be delivered by end 2009. Out of this 4 vessels are being delivered during this year. Work on next 4 vessels is in advanced stage of construction.
This information was given by the Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Thiru T.R. Baalu in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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