A high level delegation from Russian defence sector comprising of representative from JSE RoE, JSC CTSS, JSC AVRORA, JSC United ship building, JSC Yantar Shipyard and JSC northern PDB visits Goa Shipyard Ltd. on 03rd March 2017. The visit assumes significance in view of GSL’s ongoing efforts to market its state-of -the art Vessels.
During the visit, a presentation was made to the Russian delegation on the growth of GSL from a barge building yard to a sophisticated shipyard capable of designing and building ships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard from concept to commissioning.
RAdm Shekhar Mital CMD GSL conducted the yard visit to Russian delegates for examining a capability to accommodate construction of High- end frigates and apprised of the shipbuilding, ship repair activities and the expertise available at GSL. The delegation was also appraised of the modernization programme and progress thereof.
The Russian delegation expressed deep satisfaction on GSL’s capability to design and build sophisticated and high value ships and lauded GSL’s efforts in up gradation of the Shipyard to meet the future defence requirements and indicated desire to work in collaboration with GSL for meeting needs of Indian Navy for weapon intensive ships.