Lok Sabha Question No. 2012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Building of Ships
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th MAY, 2016

## BUILDING OF SHIPS

## 2012. DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of Government-owned passengers and freight ships/vessels under operation in the country;

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- (b) if so, the details thereof as on date;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the targets set therefor?
- (c) whether the Government proposes to build more ships/vessels indigenously; and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b):Yes, Madam. The total number of Government owned passengers/freight ships/vessels under operation in the country on coastal / overseas trade is 122 as enclosed as Annexure-I and Annexure-II.

(c)&(d):Yes, Madam. The Government proposes to build more ships/vessels indigenously. The Government of India has taken the following steps to encourage shipbuilding industry:

- (i) To  promote  Indian  shipyards,  the  Union  Cabinet  has  on  December  9,  2015  approved Shipbuilding Financial Assistance policy for Indian shipyards for contracts signed during a ten year period, viz. 2016-2026. The Union Cabinet has also approved that all government departments or agencies including CPSUs have to provide Right of First Refusal to Indian shipyards while procuring or repairing vessels meant for governmental or own use till 2025 after which only Indian shipyards would build and repair vessels.
- (iii) To provide a level playing field for the indigenously built ships vis-à-vis imported ships, the Government has on November 24, 2015 exempted Customs and Central Excise duty on inputs used in manufacture of ships and relaxed the limitation to operate shipyards under customs control in terms of Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962.
- (ii) The Institutional Mechanism on Infrastructure working under the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India has, on December 21, 2015, recommended inclusion of standalone  shipyards  undertaking  shipbuilding  and  ship-repair  under  the  Harmonized  List  of Infrastructure sectors.
- (iv) To  promote  ease  of  doing  business  in  the  sector,  in  the  Union  Budget  2016-2017, Government has issued  simplified  procedure  for  tax  compliance  for  the  shipyards  while procuring duty free goods for shipbuilding and ship repair.
- (v) To bring down the cost of construction of barges, river sea vessels (RSV Types 1 & 2) and port  and  harbour  crafts  and  to  meet  demand  for  steel  by  ship  and  barge  builders,  the Government has, on February 9, 2015, decided that re-rolled steel obtained from re-cycling yards/ship breaking units would be certified for use in construction of these vessels.

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The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.

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## Annexure:I

Total number of Government owned passengers/freight ships/vessels under operation in the country on coastal voyage

## DRY CARGO LINER

## ADMINISTRATIION OF UNION TERRITORIES OF LAKSHADWEEP

M.V. Ubaidulla

M.V.Lacca Dives

M.V. Cheriyam

1992

1994

1997

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1

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900

960

960

## Total 3 2200 2820

## DRY CARGO BULK CARRIERS POOMPUHAR SHIPPING CORPORATION

4 M.V. Tamil Anna 1985 1 27986 39985 5 M.V. Tamil Periyar 1986 1 27999 39990 6 M.V. Tamil Kamraj 1987 1 27999 39986

## Total 3 83984 119961

2013

Total

## TANKER  ( CRUDE OIL CARRIERS) THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

8 M.T. Homi Bhabha 1982 1 25040 41123 9 Desh Vibhor 2015 1 165319 316634 Total 2 190359 357757

PASSENGER-CUM-CARGO

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMN., PORT BLAIR

10 M.V. Sentinel 1982 2625 1118 11 M.V. Chowra 1983 2625 1524 12 M.V. Nicobar 1990 14195 4963 13 M.V. Nancowry 1991 14176 4963 14 M.V. Swaraj Dweep 1999 14239 4650 15 M.V. Rani Changa 2009 429 0

## Total 6 48289 17218 ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORIES OF LAKSHADWEEP ISLAND

|   16 | M.V. Bharat Seema   |   1973 |   3670 | 640   |
|------|---------------------|--------|--------|-------|
|   17 | M.V. Tipu Sultan    |   1982 |   3725 | 887   |
|   18 | M.V. Dweep Sethu    |   1985 |    492 | 98    |
|   19 | M.V. Amindivi       |   2000 |    931 | 0     |
|   20 | M.V. Khadeeja Beevi |   1991 |    254 | 43    |
|   21 | M.V. Hameedath Bee  |   1991 |    254 | 43    |
|   22 | M. V. Viringili     |   2006 |     48 | -     |
|   23 | M. V. Bangaram      |   2006 |     48 | -     |
|   24 | M. V. Karavati      |   2007 |   8763 | 2387  |
|   25 | M.V. Arabian Sea    |   2009 |   3261 | 0     |
|   26 | M.V.Lakshadeep Sea  |   2010 |   3262 | 0     |

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44861

44861

81696

81696

## Total 11 24708 4098 THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, (UT OF LAKSHADWEEP& ANDAMAN AND NICHOBAR)

27 Blue Merlin 2007 164 24 28 Black Merlin 2007 164 24 29 Skip Jack 2007 164 24 30 North Bay 2008 330 0 31 Lapathy 2008 330 0

## Total 5 1152 72 DIRECTOR OF SHIPPING SERVICES, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

32 M.V. Shompen 2001 421 0 33 Chuglam 2006 870 -

## Total 2 1291 0 THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

34 M.V. Harshavardhan 1974 11238 5271 Total 2 12061 5434

## PASSENGER SERVICE ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP

35 M. V. Minicoy 2000 932 0 36 Cheriyapani 2007 396 43 37 Parali 2007 396 43 38 Valiyapani 2007 396 43

## Total 4 2120 129 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION

39 Wandoor 2004 449 0 40 Bambooka 2008 449 136 41 North Passage 2008 449 0 42 M.V. Dering 1992 1269 476 43 Baratang 2001 449 0 44 Hut Vay 2004 449 0

## Total 6 3514 612

## Directorate of Shipping Services, Port Blair

45 Rajhans 2003 1 124 9 Total 1 124 9

## KANDLA PORT TRUST

46 Swati 2009 89 0 47 Anuradha 2009 89 0 Total 2 178 0

## PASSENGER-CUM-CARGO VESSELS THE ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION

48 M.V. Akbar 1971 1 9539 8820 49 M.V. Dering 1992 1 1269 343 50 Cambellbay 2010 1 8402 1068

## Total 3 19210 10231 THE DIRECTOR OF SHIPPING SERVICES

51 Strait Island 2005 1 449 500

## Total 1 449 500

## M/s. The Administrat or Union Territory of Lakshadweep, Kavaraatti

52 MV Lagoons 2015 1 5939 1200 Total 1 5938 1200

## ETHYLENE GAS CARRIER M/s. Lakshadweep Devlopment Corpn. Ltd.

53 MV Elikalpeni 2012 466 223 Total 1 466 223

## MOTOR LAUNCH Sethusamudram Corpn. Ltd.

54 Kurunji 2009 17 0 55 Musal 2009 48 0 56 Mullai 2009 17 0 57 Malligai 2009 17 0 58 Poomarichan 2009 48 0 59 Arali 2010 17 0 60 Parijatham 2010 17 0 61 Thamarai 2010 17 0 62 Alli 2010 17 0 63 M.V. Singhle 2010 48 0 64 M.V. Pulivasal 2010 48 0

## The President of India

## Total 11 311 0

65 Indira Point 2015 1 2477 1500

## Total 1 2477 1500

## Annexure:II

Total number of Government owned passengers/freight ships/vessels under operation in the country on Overseas voyage

## DRY CARGO LINER THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.,

1 M.V. SCI Chennai 2008 43679 57813 2 M.V. SCI MUMBAI 2008 43679 57785 Total 2 87358 115598

## CELLULAR CONTAINER THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

3 M.V. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1993 21963 28902 4 M.V. Indira Gandhi 1993 21963 28948 5 M.V. Rajiv Gandhi 1994 21963 28965 Total 3 65889 86815

## DRY CARGO BULK CARRIERS

## THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

|   6 | M.V. Visva Prerna   |   2011 |   1 |   33185 |   57161 |
|-----|---------------------|--------|-----|---------|---------|
|   7 | M.V. Visva Preeti   |   2012 |   1 |   44007 |   80250 |
|   8 | M.V. Goa            |   1998 |   1 |   28029 |   45801 |
|   9 | Visva Nidhi         |   2011 |   1 |   33170 |       0 |
|  10 | Visva Vijeta        |   2011 |   1 |   33032 |       0 |
|  11 | Visva Malhar        |   2011 |   1 |   33032 |       0 |
|  12 | Visva Bandhan       |   2011 |   1 |   33185 |       0 |
|  13 | Visva Ekta          |   2011 |   1 |   33185 |   57100 |
|  14 | Visva Vikas         |   2012 |   1 |   33185 |   57138 |
|  15 | Visva Diksha        |   2012 |   1 |   33185 |   57133 |
|  16 | Visva Vinay         |   2012 |   1 |   44007 |   80139 |
|  17 | Visva Anand         |   2012 |   1 |   44007 |   80204 |
|  18 | MVVisva Jyoti       |   2012 |   1 |   44864 |   82091 |
|  19 | MVVisva Vijay       |   2012 |   1 |   44010 |   80312 |
|  20 | MVVisva Chetna      |   2013 |   1 |   44864 |   81734 |

## Total 15 558947 759063

## ORE OIL BULK CARRIERS. THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

21 Tamil Nadu 2000 1 28029 45792 Total 1 28029 45792

## OIL TANKERS ( CRUDE TANKERS )

## THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

|   22 | M.T.Desh Gaurav           |   2003 |   1 |   61978 |   110000 |
|------|---------------------------|--------|-----|---------|----------|
|   23 | M.T. Ankleswar            |   1994 |   1 |   80130 |   147563 |
|   24 | M.T. Maharaja Agrasen     |   1995 |   1 |   80130 |   147469 |
|   25 | M.T. Gurugobind Singh PVC |   1995 |   1 |   80130 |   147498 |
|   26 | M.T. Abul Kalam Azad      |   1999 |   1 |   51793 |    92687 |
|   27 | M.T. Maharshi Parashuram  |   2002 |   1 |   51785 |    93322 |

28 M.T. Desh Bhakt 2003 1 61978 110000 29 M.T. Desh Prem 2003 1 61978 110000 30 M.T. Desh Rakshak 2003 1 61978 110000 31 M.T.Desh Shakti 2003 1 84261 146840 32 M.T. Desh Shanti 2004 1 84261 146114 33 M.T. Desh Ujaala 2005 1 161202 316217 34 M.T. Desh Vishal 2009 1 162412 320071 35 M.T. Swarna Kalash 2009 1 29845 47878 36 M.T. Swarna Mala 2010 1 29993 51196 37 M.T. Swarna Pushp 2010 1 29845 47795 38 M.T. Swarna Sindhu 2010 1 42845 73368 39 M.T. Swarna Ganga 2010 1 42845 73368 40 M.T. Swarna Brahmaputra 2010 1 42845 73368 41 M.T. Swarna Godavari 2010 1 42845 73368 42 M.T. Swarna Jayanti 2010 1 57702 104900 43 M.T. Swarna Krishna 2010 1 42845 73368 44 M.T. Swarna Kamal 2010 1 57702 104903 45 M.T. Swarna Kaveri 2010 1 42845 73665 46 M.T. Desh Mahima 2010 1 64397 115611

## Total 25 1610570 2910569

## OIL TANKERS (PRODUCT CARRIERS) THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

47 M.T.Desh Vaibhav 2005 1 161202 316409 48 M.T. Bakimchandra Chaterjee 1994 1 26474 45134 49 M.T. Suvarna Swarjaya 1998 1 21827 32902 50 M.T. Sampurna Swarjaya 1998 1 21827 32948 51 M.T. Desh Virat 2008 1 162416 319000 52 Desh Garima 2011 1 64397 114790 53 Desh Suraksha 2011 1 64397 114790 54 Desh Samman 2011 1 64397 0 55 Desh Shobha 2012 1 81334 157985 Total 9 668271 1133958

## LPG CARRIERS THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.

56 M.T. Nanga Parbat 1991 1 17778 17601 57 M.T. Annapurna 1991 1 17778 17601

Total 2 35556 35202

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