Ministry of
Shipping also working toward revival of old shipyards, promoting
ship-building in the country
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Visakhapatnam(Agencies): The
Ministry of Shipping has directed all major ports in the country to procure or
charter tug boats which are only made in India.
All procurements being done by
the ports would now need to be carried out as per the revised Make in India
order.
The Ministry is aiming to
promote the Indian ship-building industry and also have discussion with some
leading countries for Make in India ship-building, according to a press release
issued here on Saturday.
The Union Minister of State
for Shipping (independent charge) Mansukh Mandaviya said the government was
taking action to revive old shipyards and promote ship-building in the country.
The government would try to
create an eco system to build, repair, recycle and flagging in the nation, the
release stated.
Procurement/chartering of port
crafts would need to be aligned with the revised Make in India order.
It is proposed to set up a
standing specifications committee under Managing Director of Indian Ports
Association and comprising representatives from Cochin Ship Yard Limited (CSL),
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) and Director
General of Shipping.
The specifications committee
would shortlist around five variants/types of tugs and prepare an approved
standardised tug design and specifications (ASTDS). The ASTDS would outline specifications,
general arrangements, basic calculations, basic structural drawings, key system
drawings and other construction standards among others.
The standards would be vetted
by the committee and, thereafter, certified in-principle by IRS and published
by the Indian Ports Association on its website.
The Ministry would also
provide some window to major ports so that construction time would be used.
Recently, the government-owned
Cochin Shipyard Limited bagged an order for two automated vessels from the
Norwegian government. The vessels would be the first-of-its-kind unmanned ones.
Various decisions taken by the
Ministry of Shipping would turn around the ship-building sector in the near
future, the release said. PTI
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