Royal HaskoningDHV Wins Major Design Project For India’s Largest Shipbuilding Dry Dock

Royal HaskoningDHV, the international engineering company, has won contracts worth a total of around €9 million from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), India’s leading shipbuilder. The scope is to provide comprehensive design and project management services for the construction of two new shipbuilding and repair yards in Mumbai, India. This project will integrate MDL’s existing shipyard with the two new facilities to create a mega-yard that will include the largest shipbuilding dry dock in India, capable of accommodating India’s next generation of aircraft carriers.

Royal HaskoningDHV will support MDL’s expansion plans by providing shipyard planning, geotechnical and environmental surveys and detailed engineering for the two new shipyards, as well as procurement consultancy services and project supervision. Working with MDL, the projects will expand the shipyard using environmentally sustainable designs and support job creation in the local community.

Giant dry dock

The larger of the two shipyards is the Nhava Yard, a 40-acre greenfield site across the channel from MDL’s existing shipyard on the island city. This yard will comprise up to 30 buildings, including dry berths, fabrication facilities, workshops, stores, utilities, plant and machinery. It will include a giant dry dock expected to measure nearly 600m lon…

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