At the time of this newsletter’s
publication, the GOA Shipyard
Limited is receiving 30 new ropes
for its ship hoist, the heart of the
GOA Shipyard. The shipyard lies on the
west coast of India, in Vasco da Gama, a
city in the Indian state of Goa.
The GOA Shipyard was founded in 1957
by the Portuguese colonial administration
and was originally intended to build
cranes for the local mining industry. After
Goa was annexed by India in 1961, the
shipyard was taken over by the Indian
government and, from then on, was set
to work building battleships for the Indian
Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
As the shipyard began to age and became
in need of numerous repairs, CASAR was
first commissioned in 2009 to supply 30
ropes for a new ship hoist. At that time,
the Dutch company M/S Bosch Rexroth BV
installed the new ship hoist and transfer
system. This system makes it possible to lift
ships up to 120 m long and weighing up
to 6,000 t out of the water and transport
them to the dry dock.