GSL delivers 5th and last vessel of 5 CGOPV Project

Source : PSU CONNECT

5th vessel of the 5 CGOPVs being built by Goa Shipyard Limited

Goa Shipyard Limited, an Indian Government-owned shipbuilding company delivered the 5th and last vessel of the 5 CGOPV Project ahead of contractual schedule.  All 5 vessels were delivered before time to Coast Guard. Back in 2017, the Keel of the first Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel of the new 5 CGOPVs Project for the Indian Coast Guard was ceremoniously laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd.

The contract for 5 CGOPVs was signed by GSL with MoD on 26th Aug 2016 and commencement of production was formally started within 3 months with formal steel cutting on 13th November 2016, at the hands of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.