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In 1958, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for establishing a naval base and dockyard in Visakhapatnam. In 1962, a new jetty and a workshop building were sanctioned, as well as the acquisition of 550 acres of land from the Port Trust. In 1972, the BRO was renamed to Naval Dockyard. [2]
INS Varsha would de-congest the Visakhapatnam Port, which is used by both the Navy and the civilian Ministry of Shipping.The navy's dockyards at Vizag are facing shortage of berthing space due to the rapid expansion of the Eastern fleet, which grew from 15 major warships in 2006 to 46 in 2012, and is still expanding.
A small Naval Base was established there on 12 December 1939 and the base was designated as HMIS Circars on 12 April 1942. [10] Now, the base is the base depot ship of the Eastern Naval Command. It is the logistics and administrative support establishment of the Command, supporting all ships and units based in Visakhapatnam.
The Indian Navy currently operates three [1] commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command , a unified Indian Navy , Army , Air Force and Coast Guard Command was set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2001.
The Government of India cleared the project for a cost of ₹ 20,000 crore (US$2.3 billion) on 16 August 2023. [14] The final contract for the five fleet support ship with Indian Navy and Hindustan Shipyard was signed on 25 August 2023 for a total value of ₹ 19,000 crore (US$2.2 billion). The first ship will be delivered in 4 years from the ...
In November 2018, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent (ASD) of Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam). [3] For his tenure as ASD, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2020. [6] In the same month, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and took over as the Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam. [7]
The City, overlooking seaport. Visakhapatnam Port is one of the largest cargo handling ports in India.It can accommodate 150,000 DWT vessels and draft up to 17 m (56 ft). [11] [12] The port during 2013–14 period, handled 58 million tonnes of cargo and also a cape size vessel in the outer harbour.
Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) is a public sector shipyard located in Visakhapatnam on the east coast of India. [3] This is a major shipyard in india that has a capacity of manufacturing vessels upto 80,000 DWT. This is the 2nd biggest shipyard after Cochin Shipyard. 46,259 DWT ship named MV Goa built by Hindustan Shipyard in 1997