Archive · 29 Sep 2026
GRSE Expands Shipbuilding Capacity and Targets Global Markets
GRSE is an Indian company that builds ships, including warships.
It wants to build more ships at the same time, increasing its capacity from 28 to 32 vessels.
The company is also starting to build more commercial ships for businesses.
Its non-defence work has grown from about 5% of its orders to 20–25%.
GRSE is building a new shipyard at Raichak in West Bengal.
It is also considering another facility in Gujarat.
The company has built ships for India and several other countries.
India wants to become one of the world’s leading shipbuilding nations.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited plans to increase concurrent vessel-building capacity from 28 to 32 ships.
GRSE is expanding beyond defence into commercial shipbuilding and international markets.
Non-defence orders now make up 20–25% of GRSE’s order book, up from about 5% five years ago.
The company is investing more than Rs 2,500 crore in a greenfield facility at Raichak, West Bengal, and exploring a Gujarat facility.
India aims to become one of the world’s top 10 shipbuilding nations by 2030 and among the top five by 2047.
- Who
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, led by Chairman and Managing Director Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd.).
- What
- GRSE is expanding its shipbuilding capacity and moving further into commercial and international markets.
- When
- The report does not specify a publication date; it refers to the previous year for procurement figures.
- Where
- GRSE’s expansion includes Raichak in West Bengal, with a possible additional facility in Gujarat.
- Why
- The company is responding to rising defence, commercial and export demand while supporting India’s shipbuilding ambitions.
- Current capacity
- GRSE can construct 28 vessels concurrently and plans to raise this to 32.
- India’s global goal
- India aims to rank among the world’s top 10 shipbuilding nations by 2030 and the top five by 2047.
- Shipbuilding record
- GRSE has built more than 800 platforms, including 118 warships.
- Non-defence orders
- Non-defence work now represents about 20–25% of the order book, compared with around 5% five years ago.
- Raichak investment
- GRSE is developing a greenfield shipbuilding facility at Raichak with an investment exceeding Rs 2,500 crore.
- MSME participation
- Around 2,500 MSMEs are associated with GRSE, and they accounted for nearly 69% of domestic procurement in the previous year.
- Indigenous content
- Recent major warship projects have exceeded 85% indigenous content.