The Khulna Shipyard Limited ( bn, ) is a Bangladeshi state owned defense contractor based in

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

, Bangladesh. It is located on 68.97 acres of land at Labanchara, Khulna, Bangladesh. It is about 45 km north from the Port of Mongla. The shipyard has the capacity to build steel / aluminium ships up to 90 m length and 700 tons lightweight. The shipyard has a slipway with a capacity to dock and undock vessels up to 700 tons lightweight and overall length of 84 meters. The KSY Limited is the largest military shipbuilding company in Bangladesh, and one of Asia's largest builder of complex warships. It has built numerous small to medium sized patrol crafts, boats, oil tankers and other vessels for the Bangladesh Navy, the Bangladesh Coast Guard and other organizations. As of January 2022, the shipyard has completed a total of 775 shipbuilding (including all categories) and 2,363 ship repair work.

History

The construction works of KSY started in 1954 under supervision of the

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(EPIDC) with the technical support of M/s. Stulcken Sohn, who provided the design for the construction of the yard facilities. After completion of works, It was commissioned on 27 November 1957, with the objective to build and repair ships of various clients, for defense, coast guard, oil company, ports and manufacture engineering parts to support other industries. Burness Corleft+Partner and Maienform administratively and technically managed the company up to 1967. Afterwards the control was vested with its own expert engineers both technically and administratively. On 3 October 1999, the Bangladesh Navy took over the responsibilities of KSY along with a 993.7 million taka debt. By 2008, all outstanding debts were cleared and since then, the shipyard has been making profit. In 2015, the Maldives had expressed interest in procuring patrol craft for its Coast Guard.

Projects

Padma and Sobuj Bangla-class patrol vessel

Under the first phase of FG2030 naval modernization program, Khulna Shipyard was given the contract to build an undisclosed number of Padma-class patrol vessel for the Bangladesh Navy and Sobuj Bangla-class batch 2 for the Bangladesh Coast Guard. On 2 May 2010, the Navy signed a contract for five vessel. On 17 July 2016, the Bangladesh Coast Guard awarded a contract for three vessel. On 20 May 2019, the Navy ordered five additional vessel.

Completed

*1978 -

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(A 723), a Fleet coastal tug, for Bangladesh Navy *2004 -

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(A 724), a Fleet coastal tug, for Bangladesh Navy *2012 -

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(P 312), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2013 - BNS Surma (P 313), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2013 - BNS Aparajeya (P 261), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2013 - BNS Adamya (P 262), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2013 - BNS Atandra (P 263), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2015 - BNS Hatiya (), a Landing Craft Utility, for Bangladesh Navy *2015 - BNS Swandwip (), a Landing Craft Utility, for Bangladesh Navy *2016 - BNS Durgam (P 814), a ASW patrol craft, for Bangladesh Navy *2017 -

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(P 815), a ASW patrol craft, for Bangladesh Navy *2017 - BNT Halda (A 725), a Fleet coastal tug, for Bangladesh Navy *2017 - BNT Poshur (A 726), a Fleet coastal tug, for Bangladesh Navy *2018 - CGS Sonar Bangla (P 204), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2018 - CGS Aparajeya Bangla (P 205), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2018 - CGS Shadhin Bangla (P 206), a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2020 -

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Ongoing

*2019 - a Padma-class patrol vessel , a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2019 - a Padma-class patrol vessel , a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2019 - a Padma-class patrol vessel , a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2019 - a Padma-class patrol vessel , a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2019 - a Padma-class patrol vessel , a patrol vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2020 - a Self propelled floating crane, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2020 - a Tug Boat, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2020 - a Tug Boat, for Bangladesh Coast Guard *2020 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2020 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2020 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2020 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2021 - a Hydrographic survey vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2021 - a Hydrographic survey vessel, for Bangladesh Navy *2022 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2022 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2022 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy *2022 - a multi-hulled watercraft, for Bangladesh Navy

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