Goa Shipyard Limited

Goa Shipyard Limited is a Government of India-owned defence shipbuilder based in Vasco da Gama, Goa, functioning under the Ministry of Defence. It began life in 1957 as Estaleiros Navais de Goa, initially building barges for the mining industry, and moved into defence shipbuilding after Goa's integration with India in 1961. The company now designs and builds a range of naval and coast-guard vessels — offshore patrol vessels, fast patrol vessels, frigates, interceptor boats, pollution-control vessels, survey ships and other specialised craft — for the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, and international customers as well. Over the decades, Goa Shipyard has built up considerable shipbuilding infrastructure and technical capability, delivering hundreds of vessels and playing a fairly central role in India's push toward indigenous maritime-defence manufacturing and coastal security.