Shipbuilding
The first ship to roll out of the Cochin Shipyard was the MV Rani Padmini in 1981.[10]
The yard has delivered two of India's largest double-hull Aframax tankers, each of, including Maharshi Parashuram and Abul Kalam Azad to the Shipping Corporation of India.
CSL has secured shipbuilding orders from internationally renowned companies from Europe and West Asia. The shipyard is building six bulk carriers for Clipper Group of the Bahamas and the first three vessels have been launched.[11]Eight platform supply vessels for the Norwegian Seatankers Management Company, are also under construction..
CSL has also built the fleet of ferry boats used by the Kochi Water Metro, in association with Siemens India and Echandia.[12][13][14]
The shipyard commissioned 310 m-long dry dock, capable of accommodating six large vessels annually up to a length of 300 m, in January 2024. The dry dock can handle Suezmax tankers, container ships and Capesize bulk carriers.[15]
On 27 December 2024, Adani Ports and SEZ, through its subsidiary, Ocean Sparkle Limited, ordered eight tug boats from CSL. The order is worth about ₹450 crores comprisng eight 70 T Bollard Pull Azimuthing Stern Drive Tugs delivered by Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited. Deliveries will start in December 2026 and are expected to be completed by August 2028.[16]
As of 30 June 2025, CSL has an order book of inr 211000000000 of which 66% is from the Indian Navy. The share is down from 88%.[17]
On 12 January 2026, the shipyard delivered the first of eight multi-purpose vessel, HS Heinz, to Germany-based shipping company HS Schiffahrts. The vessels are part of the HS EcoFreighter ice-class series and are worth inr 1100000000 each. The constructions began in March 2023 with the steel-cutting ceremony of the first vessel. The vessels, designed by Netherlands-based Groot Ship Design and following DNV classification rules, are meant to carry project and heavy cargo, steel coils, containers, timber, paper, dry bulk commodities such as coal and grain, as well as hazardous materials. The vessel has a single large cargo hold with six movable partitions for reconfiguration based on the cargo to be transported. It also features a tween deck arrangement.[17][18][19]
In February 2026, the shipyard has submitted a bid to a tender floated by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) for a firm order of 2 dual-fuel, Medium Range Product Tanker for $200 million along with an option for two further vessels.[20]
As of 24 February 2026, CSL is in an advanced negotiation with the HD Hyundai Group, which operates the HD Korea Shipbuilding to establish a 50-50 shipbuilding joint venture worth $500 million in Kochi. A CSL delegation will visit South Korea to finalise the discussions in February. An HD Hyundai delagation has already completed site inspection and evaluation in Kochi. The agreement is expected in the second half of 2026 with an initial investment of above inr 450000000000 to construct a ship block fabrication facility on an 80 acre leased to CSL by Cochin Port Trust with an annual output of 120,000 metric tonnes. The venture will combine the design expertise, advanced production systems and global order access of HD Hyundai with the infrastructure of CSL. The venture will produce cargo ships, container vessels, tankers, dry bulk carriers, mdeium range (MR) tankers, Panamax vessels and multipurpose ships. The initial blueprints, however, excludes Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) due to infrastructure limitations which can be added later with capacity expansion.[15] The shipyards had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 23 September 2025 for a long-term strategic collaboration in shipbuilding.[21]
Ship repair
The shipyard started offering repair services in 1982 and has undertaken upgrades and repairs for all types of ships, including ships for the oil exploration industry, as well as scheduled maintenance and life extension for ships of the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, the Union territory of Lakshadweep, Fisheries and Cochin Port Trust, SCI and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). It has performed major overhauls for the aircraft carrier INS Viraat.
CSL was awarded major maintenance and upgrade orders from ONGC. This included major overhaul of three rigs, the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Sagar Vijay, mobile offshore drilling unit Sagar Bhushan and jackup rig Sagar Kiran in 2005-06.[35]
It performed major overhauls for the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in 2016 and 2024.[36][37]
