Ship Lift facility commissioned at Karwar Naval Base

India’s first Ship Lift facility was commissioned at Karwar Naval Base along the western coast of the country.

The Ship Lift facility will help lift the ships that arrive at the naval base for repair from the sea on to the land. “It was also the only base in the country to have a direct fuelling facility for ships and hence could be considered as one of the most modern in the world”, Commander in Chief of the Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Sangram Singh Byce said while inaugurating the facility.

The Vice Admiral inaugurated the facility from the control tower in the naval base premises by lifting INS Dhunagiri, a 2,600 tonne warship, out of the waters in 20 minutes. The Karwar Naval Base can now boast of a world class facility for repair of naval ships, he declared.

The second phase of work on the naval base at Karwar called Sea Bird project will begin next year as the Federal Government had given its approval. The second phase includes construction of a naval air station. Work on the second phase is expected to be completed in ten years time, Byce said.