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The Indian Navy is embarking on an ambitious project which involves the construction of a special dry-dock in the premier dockyard of India, the Naval Dockyard. The Indian Navy has invited bids for this project.
The Indian Naval Dockyard has been undertaking ship-repair and maintenance operations but due to the rapid increase of vessels, its docking capability was insufficient. In fact, it could not cater to the aircraft carriers weighing over 30,000 tonnes as well due to the constrains of the dockyard.
Vice Admiral Vineet Bakhshi, Director-General, Naval Projects (DGNP) Mumbai, said that while the Indian Navy has pioneered multiple docking, it is yet to have docking facilities for aircraft carriers. Hence, the unique dry-docking facility will address that situation also.
The dry-dock will measure 280 metres, 45 metres in width and will be 14 metres deep with a frontage of 400 metres. It will be built on the wet basin of the dockyard and will be a challenge due to its complex technology and the location (South Bombay).
According to Naval officials, the project will be to the tune of $140 million crores and contractors who have been earmarked include Netherlands-based Royal Hesconics, ITDC Cementation, L&T, Hindustan Construction and Hyderabad-based Navyuk Constructions.
The Indian Navy will be adopting the FIDIC method of bidding where the responsibility of design as well as construction will be with the same company. The reason why the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai has been chosen is because of the expertise of the dockyard and its skilled workforce.
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