Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, abbreviated as GRSE, is one of India's leading shipyards, located in Kolkata.[4] It builds and repairs commercial and naval vessels.[5] GRSE also exports the ships that the company builds.
Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as Garden Reach Workshop in 1916. GRSE was nationalised by the Government of India in 1960.[6] The company was awarded the Miniratna public sector undertaking status, with accompanying financial and operational autonomy in September 2006.[7] GRSE is the first Indian shipyard to build 100 warships.[8]
GRSE has ship building facilities in Kolkata and a diesel engine plant in Ranchi.[8]
It has a large computer-aided design (CAD) centre for ship modelling and design. There are four workshops for plate preparation and steel fabrication.
GRSE has a dry dock for ships up to 26,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT). It has a building berth and two slipways for hull construction. It has a covered all-weather non-tidal wet basin for fitting-out medium and small ships and another fitting-out complex for ships with three berths alongside. In addition, it has two river jetties for berthing smaller vessels up to 60 metres (200 ft) in length. GRSE has engine assemble, test, repair and overhaul facilities in Ranchi, which acquires 62acres of land.[9]
On 1 July 2006, GRSE acquired the loss-making Rajabagan Dockyard (RBD) of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC). RBD's facilities with its 600 metres (2,000 ft) waterfront helped alleviate some of GRSE's space constraints and increase its production capacity.[10]
As of 2011, the shipyard was undergoing a ₹530 crore (US$64 million) upgrade programme, expected to be completed by March 2012.[11] The second phase of the upgrade programme was scheduled to commence from June 2013.[12]
GRSE delivered the corvette MCGS Barracuda to Mauritius on 20 December 2014. The contract was worth $58.5 million.[19] With this, India will join the elite club of warship exporters. The Mauritius offshore patrol vessel has an integrated bridge system and cutting edge controls and main engines and can support 83 member crew. It measures 74.10 metres (243.1 ft) in length and 11.40 metres (37.4 ft) in breadth and will be capable of moving at a maximum speed of 22 knots (41 km/h) with an approximate displacement of 1,350 tonnes.
GRSE has been short-listed for a patrol boat project for Vietnam worth ₹600 crore (US$72 million) and is also bidding for an order of two frigates for Philippines.[19][20]
In June 2024, GRSE secured a contract for design, construction and delivery of four multi-purpose vessels to transport windmill blades. The deal was signed by Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei, a German shipbuilding entity and GRSE for a value of ₹54 million (US$650,000). The vessels would displace 7,500 tonnes and will be 120 metres long and 17 metres wide with a maximum draft of 6.75 metres.[23][24]
^"Annual Report 2010-11"(PDF). Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^"About Us". Garden Reach Shipbuilders. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
₹2,762.98 crore (US$330 million) (2023)[1][2]
