Mazagon Dock: aptly called “Ship Builder to the Nation”

MDL Public WriteUp

• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) was established over 200 years ago, in the year 1774, Taken over by the Government of India and established as Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Defence in 1960. MDL is the premier shipbuilding yard in the country, producing world class Weapons and Sensors intensive state-of-the-art, warships and submarines.

• MDL has built 799 vessels, including 26 capital warships and 6 conventional submarines and exported 243 vessels. In addition, MDL is undertaking repairs of ships and submarines.

• MDL is presently building 04 Advanced Stealth Frigates, 04 Guided Missile Destroyers and 06 submarines. Of these, one Destroyer and 04 submarines have already been delivered.

• One more Destroyer and one Scorpene Submarine is planned for delivery this year.

• MDL has embarked on a diversification drive by reviving the Ship Repairs & Maintenance, besides venturing into the business of shipping container manufacturing and has already bagged two orders from M/s Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR) totalling to 2500 containers into allied sectors as well. In order to stay competitive in the changing times and have an upper edge, MDL has initiated many R&D projects including Design & Construction of Midget submarines, has developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered Vessel for inland waterways and developed various Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled products like Remotely
  Operated Vehicle, AI-Radiography Testing and AI-Ultrasonic Testing.

• Also, in accordance with Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti (MRGS) an initiative of Ministry of Defence, MDL has received 05 Patent grants from Indian Patent Office (IPO) and further pursuing cases for grant of IPR under MRGS.

• MDL has completed modernisation and upgradation to contemporary world class infrastructure
  and facilities with Virtual Reality Lab, Product Data management, Product Life Cycle
  Management;

• Modular Integrated construction which enables us this capability and capacity to
  construct/repair 10 warships and 11 submarines simultaneously.

• Vision and Mission of MDL is that shall strive to be progressive and profitable shipyard
  building world class warships and submarines using state-of-the-art technology and to deliver
  quality ships in time within the budgeted costs and endeavour to become one of the world
  leaders in warship building.