“It’s a small hopper with big capabilities. Tailor-made to perform in small harbours, agile and flexible. With very big ambitions in the field of durability. As a DC hybrid plug-in the vessel is highly innovative, with a big potential to reduce our carbon footprint. Another added value to our versatile fleet”
The new vessel is custom made to operate in small harbours in highly populated areas, like marinas for example. It is highly manoeuvrable, very low in emissions and is almost silent. It will be constructed by one of India’s premier shipbuilders, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
Mr B K Upadhyay, CMD at GSL: “So far, GSL has exported defence platforms to various countries and has emerged as the largest exporter of defence platforms from India. This prestigious deal with a European client is a significant step to diversify ourselves into the global commercial shipbuilding market. With an excellent track record of execution and delivery, for which GSL is known for, I am confident that we will continue with our legacy of delivering high quality ships well within the delivery timelines”.
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