Article Posted on : - Apr 30, 2010

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipyard Shipyard Shipyards located at Kochi

KOCHI (PTI): Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has delivered a platform supply vessel to US-based M/s Purple Fleet Ltd, an affiliate of M/s Tide Water Marine International.

The protocol documents of the ship named "Davis Tide" was signed by Chief General Manager (Shipbuilding) Jose Mathew, on behalf of Cochin Shipyard and Philip Grema in the presence of Director (Finance) N M Paramesh and CMDE Director (Operations) K Subramanian.

This was the 15th platform supply vessel being built at CSL and the 7th in the Rolls Royce UT755 LN Series, a CSL release said.

The shipyard is presently constructing 16 offshore support vessels for various foreign and Indian owners. The yard is also entrusted with the construction of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Project for the Indian Navy.