Auxiliary Ships of Indian Navy : News and Discussions

aditya g said:
MPV has been revealed at Defexpo ... like everything about it except for slower top speed - but acceptable for the role.

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This is too good!. How do they make it so cheap? $50 million?

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CONTRACT SIGNING WITH M/S LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD, MUMBAI FOR ACQUISITION OF TWO MULTI PURPOSE VESSELS FOR INDIAN NAVY​

Posted On: 25 MAR 2022 5:57PM by PIB Delhi

Ministry of Defence has signed a contract on 25 Mar 22 with M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for acquisition of Two Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) for Indian Navy at an overall cost of Rs.887 Crore under “Buy-Indian” Category. The contract was signed in the presence of VAdm SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and Shri Pankaj Agarwal, Additional Secretary & Director General Acquisition. Delivery of vessels is scheduled to commence from May 2025.
 
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Ashwin said:
This is too good!. How do they make it so cheap? $50 million?

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CONTRACT SIGNING WITH M/S LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD, MUMBAI FOR ACQUISITION OF TWO MULTI PURPOSE VESSELS FOR INDIAN NAVY​

Posted On: 25 MAR 2022 5:57PM by PIB Delhi

Ministry of Defence has signed a contract on 25 Mar 22 with M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for acquisition of Two Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) for Indian Navy at an overall cost of Rs.887 Crore under “Buy-Indian” Category. The contract was signed in the presence of VAdm SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and Shri Pankaj Agarwal, Additional Secretary & Director General Acquisition. Delivery of vessels is scheduled to commence from May 2025.
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<guess alert> The armament is possibly purchased separately and provided to SY as Buyer Furnished Equipment - hence cost for ship itself is low </guess alert>
 
Indian Navy has released a RFP to lease 01 fuel tanker for a period of 03 years, to be delivered within 10 months from the signing of the deal. The Navy wants the ship to have been built after 2003, have a minimum of 60% indigenous content and be operating under Indian Flag.

Indian Navy plans to acquire 5 Fleet Replenishment Oilers with displacement of 45,000 tons. Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Vishakapatnam was chosen to build the ships along with a foreign OEM assistance. But Turkish consortium was chosen to assist to build a 45000 ton tanker, when they haven’t built a tanker bigger than 17000 tons themselves. This technical issue along with Turkish support to Pakistan has meant that the deal with HSL has yet not been signed.

As an interim solution Indian Navy is now looking to lease 01 ship and have another similar ship on standby for a period of 03 years.

The last date of bid submission is 20th January, 2023. Navy has specified that the tanker will be based in Western Naval command; either in Mumbai or in Karwar. The Ship should be able to refuel Indian Navy Warships when underway via astern refueling.

With INS VIKRANT getting ready for operations, the requirements of tankers are ever increasing. The tanker to be leased should be able to carry between 5,000-30,000 tons of LSHFHSD fuel with a fuel discharge rate of 100-250 TPH.

Indian Navy currently has 04 Replenishment tankers. And eventual requirement is of a total of 10 such ships. A follow on option of 02 more Shakti Class ships was never utilised.
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Ankit Kumar said:
Indian Navy has released a RFP to lease 01 fuel tanker for a period of 03 years, to be delivered within 10 months from the signing of the deal. The Navy wants the ship to have been built after 2003, have a minimum of 60% indigenous content and be operating under Indian Flag.

Indian Navy plans to acquire 5 Fleet Replenishment Oilers with displacement of 45,000 tons. Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Vishakapatnam was chosen to build the ships along with a foreign OEM assistance. But Turkish consortium was chosen to assist to build a 45000 ton tanker, when they haven’t built a tanker bigger than 17000 tons themselves. This technical issue along with Turkish support to Pakistan has meant that the deal with HSL has yet not been signed.

As an interim solution Indian Navy is now looking to lease 01 ship and have another similar ship on standby for a period of 03 years.

The last date of bid submission is 20th January, 2023. Navy has specified that the tanker will be based in Western Naval command; either in Mumbai or in Karwar. The Ship should be able to refuel Indian Navy Warships when underway via astern refueling.

With INS VIKRANT getting ready for operations, the requirements of tankers are ever increasing. The tanker to be leased should be able to carry between 5,000-30,000 tons of LSHFHSD fuel with a fuel discharge rate of 100-250 TPH.

Indian Navy currently has 04 Replenishment tankers. And eventual requirement is of a total of 10 such ships. A follow on option of 02 more Shakti Class ships was never utilised.
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Indian Navy to lease 1 Replenishment Oiler amid delays in HSL deal - IADN

Indian Navy has released a RFP to lease 01 fuel tanker for a period of...
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Sometimes IN really screw things up. They knew they will be getting IAC-1 in 2022 still they didn't sign the contract for FSS. HSL was nominated way back in 2013 for building these vessels but they couldn't seal the deal till now.

I feel it would have been better to go with South Korean option and build one ship there and rest here in HSL.
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The Navy wants the ship to have been built after 2003, have a minimum of 60% indigenous content
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What does this mean? Will any civilian tanker be able to keep up with the CBG? Also why they want to lease a tanker which is indigenous? Are there any available options?
 
Fatalis said:
Sometimes IN really screw things up. They knew they will be getting IAC-1 in 2022 still they didn't sign the contract for FSS. HSL was nominated way back in 2013 for building these vessels but they couldn't seal the deal till now.

I feel it would have been better to go with South Korean option and build one ship there and rest here in HSL.

What does this mean? Will any civilian tanker be able to keep up with the CBG? Also why they want to lease a tanker which is indigenous? Are there any available options?
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No size specifications given, except the mention of 5000-30000 tons of fuel.

Does that mean that 5000 tons of fuel capacity is also accepted?

If it is, then that will open a lot of options.
 
Fatalis said:
Will any civilian tanker be able to keep up with the CBG?
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12 knots would be fine. Something is better than nothing that's what my mind is thinking.

Anyways, the deadline is 20th January apparently. Whatever it is, we should be able to see the results quickly.
 
Ankit Kumar said:
No size specifications given, except the mention of 5000-30000 tons of fuel.

Does that mean that 5000 tons of fuel capacity is also accepted?

If it is, then that will open a lot of options.
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Looks like they want to have many options in hand that's why they quoted that range of 5k-30k.
Ankit Kumar said:
12 knots would be fine. Something is better than nothing that's what my mind is thinking.

Anyways, the deadline is 20th January apparently. Whatever it is, we should be able to see the results quickly.
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Let's hope they sign the deal for FSS this year.
 
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