Goa Shipyard Limited

(i) In 1961, after Goa’s liberation, the potential of a small shipyard called “Estaleiros Navais de Goa” to contribute towards this national aspiration was recognized. The Yard later renamed Goa Shipyard Limited, was consciously shaped, developed and upgraded to become one of the country’s premier defense shipbuilding hubs on the west coast. (ii) Goa Shipyard Limited, under the administrative control of the Department of Defence Production, designs and builds sophisticated ships for the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, and other customers. It also builds commercial vessels like Offshore supply Vessels, Oceanography & Coastal Research Vessels, Fishing Vessels, Dredgers, Tugs, etc. (iii) Goa Shipyard Ltd. develops the growing shipbuilding needs of the country’s naval defense sector. Goa Shipyard is one of the few Indian shipyards equipped with an in-house design capability, GSL carries out its own R&D, in the process developing an in-house product range that efficiently meets the specific requirements of clients in the defense as well as commercial sectors in the fields of design, construction, repair, and modernization of vessels.