India News | GRSE Signs USD 16.6 Million Contract to Supply Advanced Dredger to Bangladesh

Kolkata, Jun 7 (PTI) Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has signed a contract with state-owned Bangladesh Inland Waterways Transport Authority (BIWTA) worth USD 16.6 million to build a trailing suction hopper dredger, an official said on Friday.

The Kolkata-based warship-builder, with a stated goal of increasing exports to friendly foreign countries, has supplied various kinds of ships to Mauritius, Seychelles and Guyana.

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The contract, valued at USD 16.6 million, was signed in Bangladesh capital Dhaka earlier this week to supply a state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger to BIWTA, the GRSE official said.

The 58.70 metre-long dredger with a speed of 10 knots will have superior resilience and adaptability in diverse marine conditions, he said.

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The shipyard is also executing an order to build six patrol boats for the Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project under Bangladesh government's Department of Fisheries, the GRSE official added.

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