Pipavav
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Pipavav is located at Latitude 2054'N and Longitude 7130'E on the cost of Gujarat. By road it is located 2.5 Hrs (130Km) from Bhavnagar on the east and 1.5 hrs (89Km) from Diu in the west.
Pipavav is the location of Port Pipavav, which is the first private sector port in India (Reff: www.pipavav.com) this port also has a facility for a Ship breaking yard but it is not currently in use. Pipavav port is capable of handling container as well as bulk vessels and many shipping lines are using the port facilities currently. The cargo throughput for the port is available on their website.
Pipavav started operations in 1996 primarily to cater to the refrigerated cargo market of Veraval but has over the years developed into a port handling cargo moving in from various nearby and north/west India locations.
The nearest town to Pipavav is Rajula City which is 22Km away.
Previous information on this page is as below: Pipavav is a town on the coast of Gujarat in India which is the site of a shipbreaking shipyard built with the aid of Japanese investors which is built to more modern specification than the primitive yards nearby at Alang. It features large drydocks which could accommodate the salvage of oil tankers but had had no business at the time of a visit by members of Greenpeace.
[edit] External links
- Port Pipavav home page
- Pipavav, a modern scrap yard waiting for orders, report of a visit by Greenpeace
[edit] References
- Adapted from the Wikinfo article, "Pipavav" http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.php?title=Pipavav
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Dear sir,
This is Captain Dhram pal singh , am head of marine operations with Gujarat Cement Works( the UltraTech Cement limited).The Gujarat Cement Works , also has its own captive jetty in the port of Pipavav.Here an attempt is made by me to correct the fact that ,I, Understand that the earlier Pipavav Ship Breaking Yard is Now being converted to a modern Ship Building Facility which will be a realty , very soon.
Following text is copied from News From Andhranews.net, which also corroborates my statement,
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Home / India News / 2008 / February 2008 / February 15, 2008 Pipavav shipyard bags countrys largest ship building order / Print / Comments
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Pipavav shipyard bags countrys largest ship building order Pipavav, home to Indias first largest ship building yard in the private sector in western Gujarat, has bagged countrys largest ship building order worth 1.06 billion dollars for construction of 26 Panamax Bulk carriers.
Pipavav (Gujarat), Feb 15 : Pipavav, home to India's first largest ship building yard in the private sector in western Gujarat, has bagged country's largest ship building order worth 1.06 billion dollars for construction of 26 Panamax Bulk carriers.
Pipavav Shipyard Limited, the major shipbuilding and offshore fabrication company, started construction of India's largest ships with the performance of steel-cutting ceremony for the first four of a series of 26 Panamax bulk carriers on order.
The shipyard now has an outstanding order book worth 1.06 billion dollars for 26 new 74,5000 deadweight (dwt) Panamax Bulk Carriers.
The Panamax bulk carriers with maximum width to transit the Panama Canal are used for carrying coal, grain, iron ore and other commodities.
Twenty-six ships on the shipyard order book will be of the same design and this order will place the Pipavav shipyard at number two in the world for Panamax bulk carriers ahead of major yards in Japan, Korea and China.
"It's very important because here in Pipavav, we are changing scale. It's a beginning that is something bigger in India in terms of shipbuilding," said Ray Stuart, CEO, Pipavav Shipyard Ltd.
"We had.... relationship with other Indian shipyards so far with Bharati Shipyard for instance where we placed some offshore supplied vessels, but this Pipavav we are really changing scale and for our company Barry Rogliano Sales it," Stuart added.
Pipavav shipyard rated as the world's sixth largest shipping facility and is equipped with 500,000 deadweight tonnes (DWT).
India's Punj Lloyd Limited, which is pre-qualified with the ONGC and a major shareholder as well as a co-promoter of the Pipavav shipyard will enable the shipyard to fast-track in the area.
In addition, Pipavav Shipyard's long time technical advisor, SembCorp Marine, a Singapore based company that is a fabricator for the offshore industry, will also assist Pipavav shipyard to enter the sector.
Pipavav Shipyard will also set up ship repair facilities to take advantage of the lack of high quality repair yards between the Gulf region and Singapore.
In addition, the Company has plans for entry into the naval and repair sector to cater to the burgeoning needs of the Indian Navy." Unquote Thanks & regards
