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Indian Shipyard Eyes Foreign Warship Orders

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

December 19, 2014

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE)  is trying to get a toehold in the international market, eyeing orders worth $425 million to supply warships to the navies of the Philippines and Vietnam.  

A Kolkata-based shipyard will enter into the global warship market by bidding to the navies of the Philippines and Vietnam in the coming months, according to a report from Indian Express.
 
Garden Reach Ship Builders will be competing with European and Korean firms in the run-up to the `2,000 crore tenders, to supply two frigates to the Philippines navy. Garden Reach Ship Builders  officials claim that negotiations are underway with the Vietnamese navy to supply four warships worth `600 crore.
 
According to Garden Reach Ship Builders  chief Rear Admiral A K Verma (retd), on December 20, the state-run shipyard will hand over a $50 million dollar worth offshore patrol vessel to the Mauritian navy as country’s first export of the warship. The shipyard has earlier gifted a warship to Bangladesh navy and now the deal with Mauritius will be the first ever global export by any Indian shipyard.
 
The 74m long 1,350-ton offshore patrol vessel, Barracuda, with a top speed of 22.5 tons, designed for anti-piracy, anti-smuggling and anti-poaching operations can be deployed for search and rescue efforts and can also transport a small detachment of troops, according to Verma. The warship is equipped with a 30 mm gun with stabilised optical remote control system and also holds a helipad.
 
The deal with Mauritius cost over $58 million dollars and keel of the ship was laid on April 2012, GRSE official further said.
 

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