Hindustan Shipyard Limited enters export market

The pipe laying vessel named Lay Vessel North Ocean LV105 is of a US firm MCDERMOTT, which is used for deep sea pipe laying with electric propulsion and is the largest to be docked at 17000T light weight.

Visakhapatnam: The Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) has entered the niche market of export orders by docking a pipe laying vessel along with another foreign supply vessel ‘GO SIRIUS’ for repairs.

The pipe laying vessel named Lay Vessel North Ocean LV105 is of a US firm MCDERMOTT, which is used for deep sea pipe laying with electric propulsion and is the largest to be docked at 17000T light weight.

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According to an HSL spokesman, there are only three ships of this type in the world. Also, the docking of this vessel needed special skill sets due to the layout of heavy machinery on the ship and having a draft of 6.7 meters and also the dock block clearance was only 200 mm.

All this entailed designing a new docking plan. The repairs to both these foreign vessels have been completed in 7 days by working continuously round the clock, even on weekends and festival holidays, thus setting a new benchmark in ship repairs by HSL.

This will earn HSL revenue in foreign exchange, the spokesman said, adding that HSL aimed to diversify into many commercial orders for ship repairs including import business.