Shipping Corporation Of India to buy 31 vessels for around Rs1,281 crore
07 Sep 2007
Mumbai: The Shipping Corporation Of India (SCI) is planning to place order for 31 vessels valued at around Rs1,280.71 crore in the current fiscal, shipping minister T R Baalu told the Lok Sabha.
He said SCI has so far placed orders for construction of six vessels in this fiscal, which will be delivered between 2010-11 and the 12 vessels ordered in 2005-06 will be delivered between 2008-10.
The shipping giant had floated global tenders for the acquisition of 16 vessels, of which tenders for six vessels have been finalised.
Baalu
said nine firms have evinced interest in constructing
an international size shipyard in the east coast of the
country while three have shown interest for building one
in the west coast.
