L&T hands over offshore patrol vessel to Coast Guard
October 29 , 2017 2584 days 1928 0
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named “Vikram” to the Indian Coast Guard.
It is the country's first-ever such defence craft to be built in a private shipyard.
Vikram, the first of a series of seven Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) was indigenously developed in-house at L & T’s Kattupalli shipyard at Kattupalli village near Ennore of Chennai.
The entire design and construction processes have undergone dual certification from American Bureau of Shipping and Indian Registrar of Shipping.
The vessel is equipped with state-of-the-art radars, navigation and communication systems capable of operating in tropical conditions.