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GRSE Lays Keel for Fourth German Export Vessel, Reinforcing India's Global Shipbuilding Push

By Vijay Yadav
30 May 2026
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GRSE has laid the keel for the fourth Multi-Purpose Vessel being built for Germany's Carsten Rehder, marking a major milestone in its largest commercial shipbuilding export project.

Kolkata, May 30, 2026: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has achieved another significant milestone in its international shipbuilding programme by laying the keel of the fourth vessel under the Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) project for Germany-based Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co. KG.

The development marks steady progress in GRSE's largest-ever commercial shipbuilding export order and further strengthens the shipyard's position in the global maritime market. The project is a key example of India's "Make in India, Make for the World" initiative, showcasing the country's growing expertise in building advanced commercial vessels for international customers.

The keel-laying ceremony was attended by Shri M. Venkatesh Murthy, Executive Director (Commercial Shipbuilding & Supply Chain Management), GRSE, alongside senior officials from the shipyard, representatives of the German shipping company, and officials from international classification society DNV.

GRSE Lays Keel for Fourth German Export Vessel, Reinforcing India's Global Shipbuilding Push

Why indian shipyards can not able to export any of the corvetts, frigates ?? Th one we export is OPV, that too on line of credit.

There are many markets like Indonesia or Phillipines or Romania and some GCC counties.

Our defence export is very less compared to countries like turkey.

 

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Why indian shipyards can not able to export any of the corvetts, frigates ?? Th one we export is OPV, that too on line of credit.

There are many markets like Indonesia or Phillipines or Romania and some GCC counties.

Our defence export is very less compared to countries like turkey.

I think major reason is that they don't get to manufacture such vessels for IN itself.

Our government shipyads are babu run. I don't have any hopes from them.

In private, we have only L&T and swan.

L&T shipyard hasn't made lot of big vessels. They used to make vessels for ICG, now they have been given contract to build MPV, that only two ships.

Swan recently received an order to export training ship to Oman.

Main problem is IN is not giving contracts to these shipyards. Ideally NGMV, Shachi class and NGC should have been given to private shipyads. But all were given to public shipyards. If private shipyards would have received these orders, their design teams could have modified these ships further and offered it to other nations.