Cochin shipyard Ltd launches 5th Bulk Carrier for Clipper Group

Kochi, June 6 (UNI) The Cochin Shipyard Ltd today launched, ahead of schedule the fifth of the six 30,000 DWT bulk carriers being built for M/s Clipper of Denmark and also laid the keel of the last vessel in the series.

At a function at the Shipyard this afternoon, Clipper Groups Mette Holste Jensen named the fifth Bulk Carrier as 'Clipper Texan'.

Nautical Advisor to the Central Government Capt M M Saggi commenced the 'flooding' of the ship to formally mark its launch. He also did the formal keel laying of the last vessel in the bulk carrier series for the Clipper Group.

The occasion also marked the launch of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for M/s Deep Sea Supply, Norway. This was the fourth of a series of eight PSVs being built by the CSL for the Norwegian group.

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