Bharati Shipyard Limited, one of the leading shipyards in India has acquired all the shipyard machinery and equipments of UK-based Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Shipyard Ltd. Through this acquisition BSL acquires fully automated panel lines, quayside traveling gantry cranes upto 180T capacity, 30 overhead traveling cranes upto 60T capacity, plate bending rolls of 2000 ton capacity, bending presses, robotic profiling machines, CNC plasma burning equipment, etc.

These equipments will be used by BSL at its existing yards as well as for its Greenfield projects. BSL has also acquired the 20,000-ton lift capacity floating dock of Swan Hunter Shipyard, which will add a lot of value to its existing operations. This acquisition would help BSL to save cost and lead-time, which would have otherwise been spent in procuring the new machineries and equipments.

Swan Hunter shipyard is an internationally renowned shipbuilding yard. Swan Hunter was engaged in shipbuilding, ship conversion and construction of offshore structures. It had capacity to build vessels upto 1,00,000 DWT. During its 130 years of existence, Swan Hunter built over 1,600 ships of various types including more than 400 naval vessels.

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About Bharati Shipyard Limited

Bharati shipyard Limited, the leading private sector shipyard in India was established in the year 1976, promoted by Mr. P. C. Kapoor and Mr. Vijay Kumar, Naval Architects from IIT Kharagpur.

Bharati Shipyard currently owns two shipyards, which are strategically located along Ghodbunder – Thane and Ratnagiri – Konkan. The company is in the process of building a green field shipyard at Mangalore with capacity nearly four times higher than the existing yards. The company has drawn up ambitious plan to further expand the capacity of the existing shipyard at Ratnagiri.

The company is presently manufacturing various kinds of ships, including offshore support vessels required for oil exploration industry, sophisticated deep-sea fishing trawlers, state-of-art dredgers, and technological marvel of the highly maneuverable and power-packed Ocean Going Tractor Tugs, Cargo/Container Ships, Tankers etc. After planned expansion, the company will be able to increase the capacity and the range of ships that can be manufactured, which will help the company reduce dependence on any one sector. For more information, visit www.bharatishipyard.com

Swan Hunter is internationally renowned as a world-class shipbuilder. During a 130-year existence, Swan Hunter built over 1,600 ships of various types including more than 400 naval vessels. This magnificent record includes ships for practically every nation including ships like the 'Mauritania', which was built at Swan Hunter in 1906.