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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.
The Union Government of India, which owns the Visakhapatnam port, had proposed a joint venture between the Visakhapatnam port and the private operator of the Gangavaram port to make sure that the Visakhapatnam port's business remains unaffected. However, this proposal was rejected by the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu.
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 Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. [1] It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. [2] The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocean and the naval establishments on the east coast of India. The Command was established on 1 ...
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
Visakhapatnam (/ v ɪ ˌ s ɑː k ə ˈ p ʌ t n ə m /; formerly known as Vizagapatam, [16] and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) [1] [17] [18] is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [19] It is between the Eastern Ghats and the coast of the Bay of Bengal.