Dredging Corporation signs major ship building pact with Cochin Shipyard

The shipyard signed a building agreement with Dredging Corporation of India to build India's first 12,000 cubic meter dredger

In a major push towards the Centre’s Make in India initiative, Dredging Corporation of India and Cochin Shipyard on Thursday signed an agreement to build India’s first domestically-manufactured high-capacity dredger.
 

The 12,000-cubic metre trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), which is being built at a cost of Rs 920 crore, will be delivered in 34 months.
 

The DCI Dredge Brahmaputra vessel, which is to be used for desilting water bodies at a large scale, will be instrumental in facilitating the smooth mobility of both freight and passenger vessels, Union Minister of Ports Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said at the signing