About Goa Shipyard in Vasco-da-gama, Mormugao

Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's best shipyards and designated "mini-Ratna" by the Government of India. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at. It was established in 1957, originally by the colonial government of the Portuguese in India, as the "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took off after the establishment of India's blockade of Goa in 1955. In the wake of Portugal's defeat and unconditional surrender to India following the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa, it was requisitioned to manufacture warships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.GSL is undergoing a modernisation of its yard to adapt to the latest technology in shipbuilding. To this purpose it is negotiating with well-known shipbuilders for an arrangement to collaborate. To date it has built 167 vessels, including barges, tugs, landing craft, offshore patrol vessels and other vessels for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard and for export to countries like Yemen.A new slipway has been commissioned to take up major repair jobs of ships in the dry dock area. A damage control simulator and two double boom level luffing cranes for heavy lifting have been constructed.Military ships builtGSL has built the following ships for military use:Landing craft Mark II L34 – commissioned 28 January 1980 L33 – 1 December 1980 L35 – 11 December 1983 L36 – 18 July 1986 L37 – 18 October 1986 L38 – 10 December 1986 L39 – 25 March 1987

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