The Vipul shipyard is a shipbuilding works at

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Port in the

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district of

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. As of 2007, the works consisted of a slipway and 100 meters of waterfront spread across 8 acres of land. In May 2007, the

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Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for its acquisition. In August 2007, the acquisition was completed and thus Vipul Shipyard gained control of the ABG shipyard. After acquisition, a further contiguous 12 acres was added to it. This led to an increase in the waterfront by 200 meters. The works is now also referred as "ABG shipyard unit-II."

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