Ship Repairs
About Ship Repair Division
GRSE, with its in-house design capability and vast pool of expertise and modern assets, has built and repaired ships for countries including Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Seychelles. GRSE now has a dedicated ship repair vertical since 2018 to focus on the demand for repairs in the Indian maritime sector.
The Ship Repair department has considerable expertise in the repair/refit of Naval warships, Coast Guard ships and commercial vessels, the team steering this very important verticla of GRSE has over 25 years of experience both ashore and afloat and has a strong subvendor base as well as OEM network to always meet customer expectations.
The facilities of GRSE is spread across 04 units namely Main Works, Fitting Out Jetty, Rajabagan Dockyard and the GRSE-Kidderpore Dry Docks each having berthing/docking facility. GRSE can handle all types of ships up to 145 M for dry docking maintenance in these units. It can also cater to all types of afloat maintenance and repair services. GRSE is well placed to undertake both scheduled as well as unscheduled/emergency repairs and maintenance including experience of operating and construction of Navy & Coast Guard ships, a sturdy pool of vendors, well-established supply chain system, strong logistics department and a highly expert design office.
GRSE recently concluded Normal refit of :
- MCGS Barracuda (of Mauritius)
- GRDD of PS Zoroaster (of Seychelles)
- Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS Sarojini
- GRSE successfully completed refit of Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Sujay
- Scheduled and emergency docking (total 14 Nos) of KOPT Vessels, Coast Guard and commercial ships
- Refits of Coast Guard FPV Priyadarshini & Offshore Patrol Vessel Vijay during Nov 22 & Jan 23 respectively
- Medium Refit (MR) of Srilankan OPV which included replacement of all the four Diesel Alternators
- Rengineering of INS Abhay
Succesful completion of Post Refit Sea Trials of ICGS Sagar (AOPV) on 24 Feb 24
Arrival of OPV ICGS Sankalp from Mumbai for Refit at GRSE on 08 May 23
Undocking of MCGS Barracuda from MS Taylor Smit Dry Dock at Mauritius post completion of Shafting Defect Rectification by GRSE-Led Team on 14 Apr 23
ICGS Sujay departed from GRSE for post refit sea trials on 25 Sep 2022
PS ZOROASTER (Yard 2116) Departs for Seychelles after Refit Completion on 31 Mar 22
Undocking of IN LCU L-58 (Ex Yard 2099) on 03 Mar 22
The Dimensions of Dry Docks available with GRSE are as follows :-
| Sl No. | Location of the Dry Dock | Size |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | GRSE Main - Dry Dock No 1 | 160 M X 25 M X 8 M |
| (b) | GRSE Main - Dry Dock No 2 | 180 M X 29 M X 10 M |
| (c) | GRSE RBD - Dry Dock No 2 | 160 M X 18 M X 8.5 M |
| (d) | GRSE - KPDD Dry Dock No 1 | 164 M X 20 M X 9 M |
| (e) | GRSE - KPDD Dry Dock No 2 | 148 M X 20 M X 8.85 M |
| (f) | GRSE - KPDD Dry Dock No 3 | 102 M X 15 M X 8.5 M |
In addition to above GRSE has a 80 X 25 X 8 M fully covered non-tidal Wet Basin with 2 X 10 tones EOT Cranes suited for all weather fitting-out & repairs of medium and small ships. GRSE has 03 Jetties (more than 184 M in length) at Fitting Out Jetty Unit of GRSE to caters for the afloat repairs of ships.
GRSE can offer to both Defence and Commercial ships following services :-
- Scheduled dry docking & refit management in any of the facilities
- In-service-support to ensure maintenance and availability of vessel or fleet in the IOR region
- Any work involving mechanical, electrical, steel fabrication works, piping, hydraulic systems etc for maintenance/repair
- Technical study and failure analysis