Location & Features

Good water depth of about 7.5 meters at low tide make the 36 acre Shipyard ideal for construction of a wide variety of vessels including non-standard dimensions - upto 140m length and 35m breadth.

Natural features
  • Situated on the right bank of a deep navigable channel, the mighty River Narmada, 9 nautical miles from open sea
  • Expansive 600 m waterfront to 36 acre shipyard
  • Water depth over 7.5m even at low tide
     
Strategic location
  • Excellent connectivity: highway 3 km from shipyard; major rail head Bharuch 20 km away; Baroda airport about 70 km away
  • In Gujarat, the most vibrant state for shipbuilding: good infrastructure, thriving industrial atmosphere
     
Advantage Shoft: North Yard & South Yard
Vast area stretching along the waterfront has enabled strategic and generous yard design. Prefabrication areas, skids and berths are planned to complement each other for optimum capacity utilization. Classic production bottlenecks are eliminated: there is smooth and consistent production flow.
 
North Yard
North Yard
Area approx 39,000 sq m.
Contains administrative offices, steel stockyard, blasting and painting area, prefabrication area for production of CNC cut members, shaping and bending of plates and structural members, workshops, skids, worker and staff quarters. Fabricated sections are moved to berths in the South Yard by cranes and trailers, axles etc.
South Yard
South Yard
Area approx 1,08,000 sq m, 600 m waterfront.
Contains site offices, stores for outfit items, building berths, slipways, outfit wharf. Also adequate free yard space for additional on site fabrication.


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