Cochin Shipyard gets ₹ 1000 Crores order for offshore windfarm vessels
The contract is valued at around ₹ 1000 crore, CSL said. Cochin Shipyard Ltd: With the attention turning towards sustainable and green energy solutions, there is a large global focus on the development of offshore wind farms
The Cochin Shipyard Ltd, the builders of INS VIKRANT, has received an important export order from a European client for the construction of Commissioning Service Operation Vessels for offshore wind farms. These vessels are designed and built for the commissioning, service, maintenance, and operational needs of the offshore wind industry.
Offshore wind farm Commissioning Operation Vessels and Service Operation Vessels are part of an emerging, highly specialised niche vessel segment. With the attention turning towards sustainable and green energy solutions, there is a large global focus on the development of offshore wind farms.
The contract is valued at around ₹ 1000 crore, with potential for more orders in the series, a CSL statement here said. The CSOV project is a break-through for India, not only in the international ship building arena, but also as an emerging power on sustainable energy and is aligned with the “Make in India, Make for the World” vision of the Govt. of India.
With this order, CSL has positioned itself into the league of early movers in the high-end & niche global wind farm vessel construction segment.
CSOVs are equipped with a 3D motion compensated gangway system (walk2work) and 3D crane which form the mission equipment and also a helideck. The vessels possess high quality accommodation with DNV comfort ratings and in-built Dynamic Positioning System and carry ‘Clean Design’ notation, the statement said adding that the vessels are also provided with advanced green solutions aimed at emission reduction through alternate fuels.
CSL’s rich experience and proven track-record in construction and export of a number of high-end offshore support vessels to West Europe, coupled with its recent construction & delivery of Zero Emission Autonomous Cargo Ferries to Norwegian client ASKO, positioned it as the yard of choice for the client.
Apart from orders for building warships for the Indian Navy, CSL had also recently bagged an order for eight Multi-Purpose Vessels for a German client. The yard is active in defence ship building, having recently delivered India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to the Indian Navy with more orders in hand for Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes and New Generation Missile Vessels.
The orders for the second indigenous aircraft carrier may also be received sooner than later.
CSL has been active on the international ship building arena for more than two decades. It has exported more than 50 high end vessels to countries such as USA, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and the Middle East.
