Visakhapatnam, Oct. 5 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on Tuesday visit Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) here and inaugurate the upgraded Slipway-4 and 300-tonne Goliath Crane, besides launching Fleet Support Ship-1 (FSS-1) and laying the keel for FSS-5.
The visit will mark three significant milestones in HSL's efforts to enhance its indigenous shipbuilding capabilities.
The upgraded Slipway-4, with extended length and enhanced load-bearing capacity, will be supported by the 300-tonne Goliath Crane and enable the shipyard to build and launch vessels of up to 45,000 DWT, significantly expanding its capacity to undertake large and complex platforms.
The crane has been built under the Make in India initiative by L&T Geostructure in as...