Larsen & Toubro has received an order from Hindustan Shipyard Limited for part construction of two Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy, the Indian conglomerate announced on July 9. “L&T will construct the two Fleet Support Ships at its greenfield shipyard at Kattupalli, near Chennai on the east coast of India. The FSS will be employed for replenishing ships …
The Defence Ministry on Friday signed a contract with Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam, for the acquisition of five fleet support ships for the Indian Navy at an approximate cost of ₹19,000 crore. “It would be a major boost towards achieving the goal of self-reliance in defence manufacturing as these ships will be indigenously designed and constructed by HSL, Visakhapatnam,” the …