India Naval Ship Export to Asia

[Extragalactic Janitor]

India bids for building frigates for Manila - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Even as India is now all set to export its first warship to Mauritius, it is also bidding for an Rs 2,000 crore project to build two frigates for Philippines amid stiff competition from European and South Korean shipyards.

Kolkata-based defence shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) is also gearing up to build four offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for Vietnam under the $100 million credit line extended to it. India is helping Vietnam with submarine and fighter training as well as military equipment, with both being wary of an assertive China in the Asia Pacific region, as reported earlier by TOI.

The export of the 1,350-tonne OPV to Mauritius -- christened CGS Barracuda after being built for $58.5 million - also marks a new milestone for India, whose arms imports are a staggering 40 times the size of its exports.

"This is the first warship export order for any domestic shipyard. We are going to handover the OPV to a delegation from Mauritius in Kolkata on December 20. After this, I hope the interest among our friendly countries to buy Indian warships will go up," said GRSE chairman and managing director Rear Admiral (retd) A K Verma on Thursday.

Though it might be "tough" to bag the Philippines' contract due to the competition from a Spanish, a French and three Korean shipyards, Verma said he was hopeful of stitching up the deal. "We are testing ourselves there," he said.

As for Vietnam, Verma said technical negotiations were underway for the four 140-tonne fast-patrol boats with aluminum hulls. All this could eventually pave the way for India's warship-building industry to come into its own in terms of exports. Incidentally, all the 41 warships currently on order by the Navy are being built in Indian shipyards for well over Rs 2 lakh crore.

India to Sell Warships to Vietnam, Increase Footprints in South China Sea

New Delhi: India is all set to sell warships to Vietnam - a country locked in territorial with China.

Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers or GRSE - a Kolkata-based Defence Public Sector unit - will supply warships to Vietnam. This will be the second export of warships for India. It is already selling a patrol ship - Coast Guard Ship Barracuda - to Mauritius at a cost of Rs 350 crores. (Meet the Barracuda - the First Warship India Will Export)

Besides, it is also in the race to export two light Frigates - about 3500 tons each at a total cost of Rs 2000 crore - to The Philippines.

The forays of the Indian Ship builder in the Indian Ocean and the disputed South China Sea are not mere commercial. The sale has strategic implications as well as the exports will spread Indian footprints across the region. Vietnam, the Philippines and four other countries are locked in a high decibel and international watched territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. India has oil drilling blocks off the Coast of Vietnam and has ramped up military training including that of Submariners and Sukhoi-30 fighter pilots."The sale of at least four patrol vessels comes as part of the $100 million credit line for military extended to Vietnam by India," Rear Admiral AK Verma (retd) Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE said.

These patrol vessels will be about 35 meters in length, 10 meters broad and will have specialized Aluminum Hull. They will be used to patrol the waters close to the shore. Vietnam needs at least seven more such ships and GRSE is expected to get the order for the rest of the ships as well.For the Philippines order, GRSE is competing with six foreign ship yards - Navantia, Spain, STX, France and Hyundai, Daewoo, and STX from Korea.

"We have been looking out to export ships for about a year and half, however under the Modi government there is more urgency and stress on exports," a senior GRSE officer told NDTV explaining fresh forays of the shipyard to foreign shores.

 

[Ray]

Great beginning and it will establish Indian credential on the world market.

It will do wonders for the Indian economy too.

 

[Extragalactic Janitor]

So GRSE is offering a Kamorta class variants to the Philippines for $200 million each (excluding armaments). This is an excellent deal but GRSE is unlikely to win the Philippines tender.

Brunei is also looking at the Kamorta class.

GRSE is offering VietNam 140 tonne patrol boats for $25 million each. This is a bit overpriced isn't it? This boat is only 35m long. It seems like a bad deal considering VietNam can domestically build OPVs up to 2000 tonne. Better to save that $100 million credit line to buy something bigger.

@Carlosa, I guess we can say that those Kamorta class rumours we were talking about belong to a different procurement project than these 4 OPV deal?

 

[Srinivas_K]

CGS Barracuda pics

 

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GRSE to Export Light Frigates to Philippines

NEW DELHI, — In a major win for the Indian warship building industry, India's state-run Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has emerged as the winner for Philippine Navy's big-ticket modernization program.
GRSE was the lowest bidder to supply two light frigates and hopes to seal the contract worth more than $321 million in the next two months, said one GRSE official.
A total of four firms joined the bidding for the Philippine Navy project: GRSE; Hyundai Heavy Industries Inc. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., both from South Korea; and Navantia S.A. of Spain.
GRSE, administered by the Indian Ministry of Defence, has built 95 warships, including frigates, corvettes and fast patrol boats, since 1960.
GRSE's light frigate will be a design based on the Indian Navy's Kamorta-class anti-submarine corvette and will be capable of withstanding Sea State 7, which means it can withstand a wave height of up to 9 meters.
The 2,000-tonne frigate will be 95 meters long, have a combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) configuration propulsion system and be able to work in an area contaminated with nuclear, biological, and chemical agents.
In addition, it will have a tactical data link and radio capable of tactical communication. The frigates will have 76mm naval guns and fire control radar with a built-in electro-optical tracking system integrated into the Combat Management System (CMS).
The state-owned Goa Shipyard is also building two OPVs for the Sri Lankan Navy under India's government-to-government exchange agreement with Sri Lanka. First OPV will be delivered by end of this year and second OPV by middle of next year.
http://www.aseanmildef.com/2016/05/grse-to-export-light-frigates-to.html