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New Indian Express
25-04-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Cochin Shipyard Ltd delivers first of six cargo vessels to Norwegian firm
KOCHI: The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) delivered the first vessel in a series of six 3,800 dead weight tonnage (DWT) dry cargo vessels to Norway's Wilson Ship Management AS, the largest short sea shipping company in Europe on Thursday. The vessel, christened Wilson Eco 1 Project, was built at the Udupi unit of the CSL and the vessel was handed over to the Norwegian firm at a function held at the New Mangalore Port. Chief financial officer of Wilson Ship Management AS, Einar Torsnes, New Build superintendent Sergey Bogdashov and the Wilson's site team were present at the occasion. Wilson Ship Management AS, headquartered in Bergen, is the largest short sea fleet in Europe. Every year they transport about 15 million tonnes of dry cargo across Europe. Wilson Ship Management has a fleet of around 130 vessels ranging from 1,500 to 8,500 DWT, all of similar design with a core objective to carry any cargo at any time. Subsequent to the start of production of the 3,800 series vessels, Wilson Ship Management has signed a further order for construction of eight 6,300 DWT general cargo vessels with Udupi-CSL at a total cost of Rs 1,041 crore. Udupi-CSL, formerly known as Tebma Shipyards Limited, was taken over by CSL in 2020 through an order of the National Company Law Tribunal and started operations in 2021. In the last three years, the shipyard has constructed and delivered eight aluminium hulls for the Kochi Water Metro Project, eight tuna long liner-cum-gill netters, two 62 T Bollard Pull Tugs for Ocean Sparkle Limited and two 70T Bollard Pull Tugs to Polestar Maritime Limited.
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Udupi shipyard delivers first of 3,800 T dry cargo vessel to Norwegian company
Udupi Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (USCL) on Wednesday delivered the first in a series of six 3,800 T dead-weight dry cargo vessels, Wilson Eco 1, to M/s. Wilson Ship Management AS, Norway, the largest short sea shipping company of Europe in Mangaluru. The formal delivery programme was organised at New Mangalore Port here in the presence of New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) chairman A.V. Ramana and senior officers of NMPA. Senior officials of M/s Wilson Ship Management AS, Einar Torsnes, Chief Financial Officer, Sergey Bogdashov, New Build Superintendent and the Wilson site team were present. USCL CEO A Harikumar, General Manager CEO, UCSL and Sivaram N Swamy and others were present. In the last three years, Udupi shipyard in a release here said it has constructed and delivered eight aluminium hulls for Cochin Shipyard Ltd. for the Kochi Water Metro Project; eight tuna long liner cum gillnetters under the Pradhan Mantri Mathsya Sampada Yojana; two 62 tonne bollard pull ASTDS tugs to M/S Ocean Sparkle Ltd., an Adani harbour services company, and two 70-tonne bollard pull ASTDS tugs to M/s Polestar Maritime Ltd., complying with the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiative of the Union government. The shipyard has also signed orders for construction of another 11 70-T bollard pull tugs with M/s Ocean Sparkle and one 70-T bollard pull tug with M/s Polestar Maritime. The contracts signed with Ocean Sparkle Limited for construction of eleven 70-T tugs is the largest series tug construction order ever signed by an Indian shipyard. Wilson Eco 1 is designed as an all-weather ship for unrestricted operation with unmanned machinery space certification. It is also equipped with all navigation and communication equipment as per the latest class and flag requirements. Under 'Make in India Make for the World' initiative of UCSL, the shipyard has used steel manufactured domestically for construction of the entire vessel, including the piping systems.
