Lok Sabha Question No. 3213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Standard Ship Units
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3213

ANSWERED ON -  09/08/2024

## STANDARD SHIP UNITS

3213.  SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

(a) the total number of public and private shipbuilding undertakings in the country and the number of contracts awarded to each one of them since 2015;

(b) whether the ministry is taking any steps to enhance Standard Ship Units (SSU) of the Public sector undertakings, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons, therefor;

(c) the details of the total share of Indian shipbuilding in the global market; and

(d) the details of the progress made under the Indian Naval Indigenization Plan (20152030) since its inception?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  to  (d)  A  list  of  shipyards  (in  public  sector  and  private  sector)  in  the  country  is attached  at  Annexure-I.  As  per  the  data  available  in  SBFA  (Shipbuilding  Financial Assistance)  portal, total  number  of  shipyards  (public sector and  private sector) registered  in  the  portal  is  39.  The  total  number  of  contracts  approved  for  in-principle application,  before  the  actual  release  of  financial  assistance,is  187.  These  187  inprinciple applications are for 313 vessels.List of in-principle approved applications is at Annexure-II. As per UNCTAD data (2023), share of Indian Shipbuilding is about 0.06% of  the  global  scenario.The  'Indian  Navy  Indigenisation  Plan  2015-30'  (INIP  2015-30) was promulgated in 2015 to provide a list of Indian Navy's indigenisation requirements for the period 2015 to 2030. The revised INIP titled 'Swavlamban' was promulgated in Aug. 20. Subsequently, its updated version 'Swavlamban 2.0' has been released in Oct. 23. Till date, 109 items planned for indigenous development have been completed.

The list of private and government companies in the country involved in shipbuilding is given below:

|   S.No | Name of Shipyard                                   | Ownership                                               |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Goa Shipyard Limited                               | PSU, MOD                                                |
|      2 | Garden Reach ShipbuildersAndEngineers Ltd          | PSU, MOD                                                |
|      3 | Hindustan Shipyard Limited                         | PSU, MOD                                                |
|      4 | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd                      | PSU, MOD                                                |
|      5 | Cochin Shipyard Limited                            | PSU, MoPSW                                              |
|      6 | Udupi Cochin Shipyard                              | PSU, wholly owned subsidiary of Cochin Shipyard Limited |
|      7 | Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited                    | PSU, wholly owned subsidiary of Cochin Shipyard Limited |
|      8 | Shalimar Works Ltd                                 | PSU,State Govt. of West Bengal                          |
|      9 | Vijai Marine Services                              | Private                                                 |
|     10 | MandoviDrydocks                                    | Private                                                 |
|     11 | L &T Shipbuilding Limited                          | Private                                                 |
|     12 | Shoft Shipyard Private Limited                     | Private                                                 |
|     13 | Chowgule And Company Pvt. Ltd.                     | Private                                                 |
|     14 | Titagarh Wagons Limited                            | Private                                                 |
|     15 | Dempo Shipbuilding and Engineering Private Limited | Private                                                 |
|     16 | Marine Frontiers Private Limited                   | Private                                                 |
|     17 | Navgathi Marine Design and Constructions Pvt Ltd   | Private                                                 |

|   18 | Konkan Barge Builders Pvt Ltd                     | Private               |
|------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|   19 | Waterways Shipyard Pvt Ltd                        | Private               |
|   20 | Synergy Shipbuilders                              | Private               |
|   21 | San Marine Shipyard                               | Private               |
|   22 | A H Wadia Boat Builders                           | Private               |
|   23 | MOC Shipyards Private Limited                     | Private               |
|   24 | Zuari Shipyard Private Limited                    | Private               |
|   25 | Victoria Shipbuilding And Engineering LLP         | Private               |
|   26 | Atreya Shipyard Private Limited                   | Private               |
|   27 | Navalt Solar And Electric Boats Private Ltd       | Private               |
|   28 | A C Roy Shipbuilders Private Limited              | Private               |
|   29 | Chowgule SBD Private Limited                      | Private               |
|   30 | Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation | PSU, Govt. of Kerala  |
|   31 | Sea Blue Shipyard Ltd                             | Private               |
|   32 | Island Ship Repairers                             | Private               |
|   33 | Bristol Boats Pvt, Ltd                            | Private               |
|   34 | West Coast Shipyard Ltd                           | Private               |
|   35 | Aquarius Shipyard Pvt. Ltd.                       | Private               |
|   36 | Reliance Naval & Engineering Ltd                  | Private               |
|   37 | Praka Engineering shipyard                        | Private               |
|   38 | Modest Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd                    | Private               |
|   39 | Chidambaram Shipcare Pvt. Ltd                     | Private               |
|   40 | Homa Engineering works                            | Private               |
|   41 | Sembmarine Kakinada Limited                       | Private               |
|   42 | Alcock Ashdown & Co. Ltd                          | PSU, Govt. of Gujarat |

|    |                                       | (operations closed)   |
|----|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 43 | Sunrich Ship Management Pvt Ltd       | Private               |
| 44 | TimbloDrydocksPvt Ltd                 | Private               |
| 45 | Abhishek Engineers Goa                | Private               |
| 46 | Jhellingham Engineering Works Pvt Ltd | Private               |
| 47 | Aaditya Shipping and Logistics        | Private               |
| 48 | Vipul Shipping & Engineering works    | Private               |
| 49 | Marine Care & Associates              | Private               |
| 50 | Patra Shipping Pvt. Ltd               | Private               |
| 51 | Roshini Ship Repairs and Engineers    | Private               |
| 52 | Velocity Shipbuilders LLP             | Private               |
| 53 | Sierra Shipyard Private Limited,      | Private               |
| 54 | Sadhav Offshore Engineering Pvt Ltd   | Private               |

Note:  The above list of shipyards is compiled by Directorate General of Shipping based on the data received from respective shipyards, Shipyard Association of India (SAI) and data as available on website of shipyards.

## Annexure-II

|   S.No | Shipyard Name                                 | Number of contracts approved for in-principle application under SBFA scheme   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Mandovidrydocks                               | 37                                                                            |
|      2 | Vijai Marine Services                         | 21                                                                            |
|      3 | Chowgule and Company Pvt. Ltd.                | 19                                                                            |
|      4 | Cochin Shipyard Limited                       | 17                                                                            |
|      5 | Tebma Shipyards Limited                       | 10                                                                            |
|      6 | MoC Shipyards Private Limited                 | 9                                                                             |
|      7 | L and T Shipbuilding Limited                  | 7                                                                             |
|      8 | Shoft Shipyard Private Limited                | 7                                                                             |
|      9 | A C Roy Shipbuilders Private Limited          | 6                                                                             |
|     10 | Synergy Shipbuilders                          | 6                                                                             |
|     11 | Goa Shipyard Limited                          | 5                                                                             |
|     12 | Atreya Shipyard Private Limited               | 4                                                                             |
|     13 | Waterways Shipyard Pvt Ltd                    | 4                                                                             |
|     14 | Praka Engineering Shipyard                    | 4                                                                             |
|     15 | San Marine                                    | 3                                                                             |
|     16 | Victoria Shipbuilding and Engineerings LLP    | Victoria Shipbuilding and Engineerings LLP                                    |
|     17 | Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited               | 3 3                                                                           |
|     18 | Shirodkar Shipyard                            | 3                                                                             |
|     19 | Marine Frontiers Private Limited              | 3                                                                             |
|     20 | Sembmarine Kakinada Limited                   |                                                                               |
|     21 | Zuari Shipyard Private Limited                | 2 2                                                                           |
|     22 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd 2 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd 2                                 |

| 23.   | Swastika Shipbuilding                              |   2 |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 24.   | Aaditya Shipping and Logistics                     |   1 |
| 25.   | Dempo Shipbuilding and Engineering Private Limited |   1 |
| 26.   | Titagarh wagons Limited                            |   1 |
| 27.   | Navalt Solar and Electric Boats Private Limited    |   1 |
| 28.   | Navgathi Marine Design and Constructions Pvt Ltd   |   1 |
| 29.   | Sunrich Ship Management Pvt Ltd                    |   1 |
| 30.   | A H Wadia Boat Builders                            |   1 |
| 31.   | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited                  |   1 |
|       | Total                                              | 187 |

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