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Wall Street Journal
04-07-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
The Yellow Sea Is the New Flashpoint for China's Regional Power Play
SEOUL—One day in February, a South Korean research vessel approached a set of unusual structures planted by China in the middle of the Yellow Sea, the narrow body of water that separates the two countries. Two large Chinese Coast Guard ships and three Chinese boats quickly blocked the South Korean ship's path. The passengers on the small Chinese boats wielded knives to force the Koreans back.
Time of India
16-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
GRSE to build two Coastal Research Vessels for GSI in Kolkata
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has secured a contract to build two Coastal Research Vessels for the Geological Survey of India, adding to their portfolio of research platforms. GRSE is already constructing an Ocean Research Vessel and an Acoustic Research Ship. The 64-meter CRVs will support offshore geological mapping, mineral exploration, and ocean environment monitoring. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has signed a contract for construction of two Coastal Research Vessels (CRVs) for the Geological Survey of India (GSI) in Kolkata in the research domain.'The signing of this contract highlights GRSE's expertise in the field of research platforms. The shipyard is currently building an Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, and an Acoustic Research Ship (ARS) for the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), an establishment under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),' a MoD statement said.'Each CRV will have a length of 64 meters with a width of 12 meters. The deadweight tonnage of each CRV will be about 450 Tons. The vessels will have an endurance of 15 days with a top speed of 10 knots. Each ship will have facilities for 35 personnel on board,' officials specialised vessels will have capabilities to carry out offshore geological mapping, mineral exploration (including dredging), ocean environment monitoring and research. The ships will have modern, well-equipped scientific laboratories on board for data processing and sample analysis, officials contract for the two Coastal Research Vessels (CRVs) was signed by Cdr Shantanu Bose, Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE and Deputy Director General & HoD, Marine & Coastal Survey Division of GSI N M Shareef, in the presence of Shri Asit Saha, Director General- GSI, and other senior officials from GRSE & GRSE's backbone is warship building, the shipyard has specialization in the construction of research vessels. In 1994, it delivered the marine acoustic research ship INS Sagardhwani to NPOL. Between 1981 and 1993, GRSE also delivered six survey vessels to the Navy. Over the last two years, the shipyard also delivered two Survey Vessels (Large) of the Sandhayak class to the Navy. Two more ships of this class are currently under construction at GRSE. These survey vessels are the largest and the most advanced of their class ever built in shipyard is presently building 16 warships of four different classes for the Navy. GRSE has also emerged as the lowest bidder for the Navy's Next Generation Corvettes (NGC) programme and expects to be awarded the contract to build five of these vessels. GRSE is also building eight multi-purpose cargo vessels for a German company, people in the know said.
