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INS Puran
INS ''Puran'' is a self-propelled fuel carrier barge built by Modest Infrastructure Ltd in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for the Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig .... Description The auxiliary ship has a capacity to carry 500 tonnes of fuel. Purak has sea going capabilities and all of the essential communication and navigation equipment. The wheel house is air conditioned and the vessel is classed under IRS (No:40634) with class notation : +SUL + IY, for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 degree. ''Puran'' is part of a series of five barges being built by the Modest Infrastructure Limited. Its sister ship is . See also * * Arga Class Tugboat External links SpecificationsModest Infrastructure Ltd. {{DEFAULTSORT:Puran, INS Auxiliary ships of the Indian N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modest Infrastructure Ltd
Modest Infrastructure Ltd is a shipbuilding company in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. Modest Infrastructure Limited established in the year 1986 as Shipping Agents and subsequently expanded its activities to develop as Ship Owners, Ship Managers, Charterers, Ship Repairers, suppliers of Bunkers/ fresh water and ship stores, to its present status as shipbuilders. It commenced Shipbuilding operations in January 2006. In August 2012 it was announced that Dempo Shipbuilding have acquired 74% in Modest Infrastructure. Facility Its existing shipyard, Ramsar Yard, is in Bhavnagar, where there is a waterfront of 220 meters and a capacity for constructing vessels up to 100 meters in length and 20 meters in breadth with launching draught of 3.5 meters. Up to eight vessels can be constructed or repaired at a time. The facility is equipped to build vessels up to 6000 DWT. The shipyard adopts side launching facility for high utilisation of available space and restriction on width of waterway fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Dominion of India, Indian Union in 1948. It is now the administrative headquarters of the Bhavnagar district. Bhavnagar is situated 190 kilometres away from the state capital Gandhinagar and to the west of the Gulf of Khambhat. It has always been an important city for trade with many large and small scale industries along with the world's largest ship breaking yard, Alang which is located 50 kilometres away. Bhavnagar is also famous for its version of the popular Gujarati snack 'Ganthiya' and 'Jalebi'. History The Gahlot, Gohil Rajputs, Rajput of the Suryavansha, Suryavanshi clan faced severe competition in Marwar. Around 1260 AD, they moved down to the Gujarat's coastal area and es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation (more than any other state). The most important sites are Lothal (the world's first dry dock), Dholavira (the fifth largest site), and Gola Dhoro (where 5 uncommon seals were found). Lothal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region, the Horn of Africa, the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts anti-piracy operations and partners with other navies in the region. It also conducts routine two to three month-long deployments in the South and East China seas as well as the western Mediterranean sea simultaneously. The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation's maritime borders, and in conjunction with other Armed Forces of the union, act to deter or defeat any threats or aggression against the territory, people or maritime interests of India, both in war and peace. Through joint exercises, goodwill visits and humanitarian missions, including disaster relief, the Indian Navy promotes bilateral relations between n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arga Class Tugboat
The ''Arga'' class of tugboats are a series of six service watercraft being built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd) in Malpe, for the Indian Navy. Description Each vessel in the series is long and wide with a draft forward ( bow) of . Each tug has a capacity of 10 tonnes bollard pull at 85 per cent maximum continuous rating (MCR), speed of 12 knots at 85 per cent MCR and is fitted with two Caterpillar Kirloskar engines, coupled to two steerable rudder propellers of diameter. The vessels have two auxiliary electrical generation plant of 60 kW each and are fitted with a sewage treatment plant. They have been designed by M/s Ska Marine, Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th .... INS ''Arga'' and INS ''Bali'' are named after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
