GRSE Signs Contract for Construction of 5 Additional Multi-Purpose Vessels Worth 108 M USD

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has signed an agreement with M/s Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co. KG Germany for the construction and delivery of 5 additional Multi-purpose vessels (MPV) of 7,500 DWT. This contract is in line with the ‘Option Agreement’ signed between both the parties, for procurement of four additional MPVs from GRSE. The shipyard will build a total of eight vessels (08) at an approx. order value of 108 M USD. Each MPV will be 120 metres long and 17 metres wide with a maximum draft of 6.75 metres. It can carry 7,500 metric tonnes of cargo. Each vessel will have a single cargo hold to accommodate bulk, general and project cargoes and Containers will be carried on hatch covers. These ships have been specifically designed to carry multiple large windmill blades on deck. The agreement for 5 MPV was signed between GRSE and M/s Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co., represented by Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd), Director (Shipbuilding) and Mr Jonas Meinhardt, Managing Director of M/s Carsten Rehder respectively in the august presence Shri RK Dash, Director (Finance), GRSE, DIG Subrato Ghosh, ICG (Retd), Director (Personnel), GRSE, and senior officials from both GRSE & Carsten Rehder.