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Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel built in a private shipyar
OPV named Vikram: Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel entirely built in a private shipyard to Coast Guard
Country's first-ever such defence Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named Vikram to the India Coast Guard to be entirely built in a private shipyard ahead of the March 2018 delivery schedule.
The vessel was indigenously developed in-house at L&T’s Kattupalli shipyard. Its entire design and construction processes have undergone dual certification from American Bureau of Shipping and Indian Registrar of Shipping.
OPV Vikram is the first of the seven vessels for which Ministry of Defence had awarded Rs 1,432 Cr contract to L&T in March 2015.
The vessel is equipped with the modern weapon and state-of-the-art radar systems. It would mainly be deployed for day and night surveillance patrol, search and rescue and in pollution response operations in exclusive economic zones of the country.
The vessel will be inducted into service by April 2018 after completion of extensive trials of equipment and machinery.
