Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd
Type Public
BSE:  542011
NSE:  GRSE
Industry Shipbuilding
Founded1884;139 years ago (1884)
Headquarters
Kolkata, West Bengal
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Cmde PR Hari,IN (Retd.)
(Chairman & MD)
Products Naval ships
Tankers
Bulk carriers
Platform supply vessels
Naval diesel engines
ServicesShip design
Ship building
Ship repair
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹2,762.98 crore (US$350 million) (2023) [1] [2]
Increase2.svg₹305.22 crore (US$38 million) (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg₹228.12 crore (US$29 million) (2023) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg₹10,775.59 crore (US$1.3 billion) (2023) [1]
Total equity Increase2.svg₹1,413.81 crore (US$180 million) (2023) [1]
Number of employees
Decrease2.svg 1790 (March 2022) [3]
Subsidiaries Rajabagan Dockyard
Website www.grse.in

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, abbreviated as GRSE, is one of India's leading shipyards, located in Kolkata. [4] It builds and repairs commercial and naval vessels. [5] GRSE also builds export ships.

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Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. The company was nationalised by the Government of India in 1960. [6] It was awarded the Miniratna status, with accompanying financial and operational autonomy in September 2006. [7] It is first Indian shipyard to build 100 warships. [8]

Facilities

GRSE has ship building facilities in Kolkata and a diesel engine plant in Ranchi. [8]

It has a large Computer Aided Design (CAD) centre for ship modelling and design. There are four workshops for plate preparation and steel fabrication.

GRSE has a dry dock for ships up to 26,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT). It has a building berth and two slipways for hull construction. It has a covered all-weather non-tidal wet basin for fitting-out medium and small ships and another fitting-out complex for ships with three berths alongside. In addition, it has two river jetties for berthing smaller vessels up to 60 metres (200 ft) in length. GRSE has engine assemble, test, repair and overhaul facilities in Ranchi, which acquires 62acres of land. [9]

On 1 July 2006, GRSE acquired the loss-making Rajabagan Dockyard (RBD) of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC). RBD's facilities with its 600 metres (2,000 ft) waterfront helped alleviate some of GRSE's space constraints and increase its production capacity. [10]

As of 2011, the shipyard was undergoing a ₹530 crore (US$66 million) upgrade programme, expected to be completed by March 2012. [11] The second phase of the upgrade programme was scheduled to commence from June 2013. [12]

Vessels built

Commercial vessels

Among commercial and scientific ships, GRSE builds oceanographic and hydrographic research vessels, marine acoustic research ships, non-propelled dredgers, grab hopper dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers, tugboats, and bulk carriers.

Launching ceremony of the fourth ship in the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk IV project, 23 Mar 2011. Launching of Yard 2095 (3).jpg
Launching ceremony of the fourth ship in the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk IV project, 23 Mar 2011.

GRSE has designed and built a number of warships and patrol vessels for the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard. Vessels built at GRSE include guided-missile frigates, corvettes, fleet tankers, fast patrol vessels, amphibious warfare vessels and hovercraft. [5]

GRSE has built the Aditya-class auxiliary ship, Brahmaputra-class frigates, two Khukri and Kora-class corvettes. It constructed all the patrol vessels of the Seaward, Trinkat, Bangaram, and Car Nicobar classes. [13] [14]

Among the amphibious warfare vessels, it has built are the Magar and Shardul classes. [15] In September 2011, it was awarded a ₹2,176 crore contract for building eight landing craft utility vessels. [16]

It has been awarded a contract to build four Kamorta-class corvettes. [4] On 18 February 2015, the Indian government approved the construction of seven Project 17A-class frigates, three of which will be constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilding. [17]

Exports

MCGS Barracuda at sea during delivery MCGS Barracuda at sea.jpg
MCGS Barracuda at sea during delivery

GRSE delivered the corvette MCGS Barracuda to Mauritius on 20 December 2014. The contract was worth $58.5 million. [18] With this, India will join the elite club of warship exporters. The Mauritius offshore patrol vessel has an integrated bridge system and cutting edge controls and main engines and can support 83 member crew. It measures 74.10 metres (243.1 ft) in length and 11.40 metres (37.4 ft) in breadth and will be capable of moving at a maximum speed of 22 knots (41 km/h) with an approximate displacement of 1,350 tonnes.

GRSE has been short-listed for a patrol boat project for Vietnam worth ₹600 crore (US$75 million) and is also bidding for an order of two frigates for Philippines. [18] [19]

GRSE was the lowest bidder to supply two light frigates to Philippines and hopes to receive the contract worth more than $321 million in the next two months.[ when? ] A total of four firms joined the bidding for the Philippine Navy project: GRSE; Hyundai Heavy Industries Inc. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., both from South Korea; and Navantia S.A. of Spain. GRSE's light frigate will be a design based on the Indian Navy's Kamorta-class anti-submarine corvette and will be capable of withstanding Sea State 7, which means it can withstand a wave height of up to 9 metres.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND YEAR ENDED 3151 MARCH, 2023" (PDF). GRSE. 24 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Balance Sheet 31.03.2022".
  3. ↑ "Annual Report 2021-22" [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. 1 2 Kumar, Vinay (27 March 2013). "Third anti-submarine warfare corvette launched in Kolkata". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE)". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Historical Background". Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Shipping Corporation of India". india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  8. 1 2 "GRSE to be first shipyard in India to make 100 warships". www.defencenews.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers LTD.- Government of India Undertaking - Diesel Engine Plant Ranchi".
  10. ↑ "GRSE takes over Rajabagan Dockyard of CIWTC". Business Standard. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Annual Report 2010-11" (PDF). Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "About Us". Garden Reach Shipbuilders. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Trinkat Class". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Bangaram Class". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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  16. ↑ Pandit, Ranjat (10 September 2011). "Amphibious vessels to strengthen Navy". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Pandit, Ranjat (18 February 2015). "Govt approves construction of 7 stealth frigates, 6 nuclear-powered submarines". Times of India. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  18. 1 2 "India to deliver corvette class warship to Mauritius on December 20". The Economic Times. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "MCGS Barracuda-First India's warship export to Mauritius". Affairscloud. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

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