Archive · 7 Oct 2026
HSL Opens Goliath Crane, Upgraded Slipway, Advances Two Ship Projects
HSL marked several shipbuilding milestones in one day.
It opened a large Goliath crane and an upgraded slipway, which is a place used to build or launch ships.
The crane can lift loads weighing up to 300 tonnes.
Shipyards can build large ships by making sections, or blocks, separately and joining them together.
A crane that can lift heavier blocks can help more of a ship be built before it reaches the slipway.
HSL also launched FSS-1.
It laid the keel for another ship, FSS-5.
The report did not say how heavy the blocks HSL expects the crane to lift will be.
HSL opened a Make in India Goliath crane rated to lift 300 tonnes.
The shipyard also opened its upgraded Slipway-4.
FSS-1 was launched during the same day’s events.
HSL laid the keel for FSS-5.
The crane can lift large ship blocks, which can be built separately and joined into a vessel.
- Who
- HSL, a defence public-sector shipyard.
- What
- HSL opened a Goliath crane and upgraded Slipway-4, launched FSS-1, and laid the keel for FSS-5.
- When
- The events took place in one day; no date was provided.
- Where
- At HSL; the article did not specify a location.
- Why
- The crane can lift large ship blocks; the article explains that this can allow more of a ship to be built before it reaches the slipway.
- Crane
- Make in India Goliath crane
- Crane capacity
- 300 tonnes
- Shipyard facility
- Upgraded Slipway-4
- Ship launched
- FSS-1
- Keel laid
- FSS-5
- Block construction
- Large ship sections are built separately, lifted into place, and joined.
- Expected block weight
- HSL did not give the weight of the blocks it expects to lift.