Defence Minister Launches Fleet Support Ship-1 at HSL in Vizag, Signalling a Bigger Push for Naval Industrial Capacity
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched Fleet Support Ship-1 at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd in Visakhapatnam, underscoring the government’s intent to deepen India’s maritime manufacturing base. The upgraded Slipway-4, paired with a goliath crane, is now positioned to support the construction and launch of vessels of up to 45,000 DWT, a capacity expansion with implications for naval logistics, shipbuilding productivity and industrial scale.
