CSL Builds Marine Ambulance Boats

The largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) announced steel cutting ceremony of three marine ambulance boats  for the Department of Fisheries, government of Kerala State.

The minister for fisheries in the state J. Mercykutty Amma expressed happiness at the effort taken by CSL in designing safe & stable vessels for the support of the fishing community in the State.

CSL said that she complimented shipyard, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Indian Revenue Service (IRS) & Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Chennai for their participation in ensuring for the first time that a fully engineered product will be built & delivered to the Govt.

The Minister appreciated the fact the technical capabilities of CSL that is normally utilized for large size Defence & Commercial sectors is now available for the service of the domestic & local segment as well.

These Ambulance Boats have an approximate length of 22.5 Mtr, beam size of about 6.0 Mtr and a maximum speed of 14 knots. The modern vessel, designed in-house by CSL will be of high quality & fuel efficient.