Question: Consider the following statement and choose the correct option:
(1) Cochin Shipyard Limited has signed contract for construction of two nos Autonomous electric ferry.
(2) It will be constructed and supplied to ASKO Maritime AS, Norway.
(3) CSL is the second largest commercial shipbuilder in India.
Correct option:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) All of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi signed contracts for construction and supply of Two nos Autonomous Electric Ferry for ASKO Maritime AS, Norway with an option to build 2 more identical vessels on July 16, 2020.
- CSL won the bid of contract competing with several other shipbuilders. It is the largest commercial shipbuilder in India.
- ASKO Maritime AS is the subsidiary group of Norges Gruppen ASA, one of the largest players in the Norwegian retail segment.
- Highlights of the contract:This Autonomous Electrical vessel project is an ambitious project in Norway partially funded by the Norwegian Government aimed at emission-free transport of goods across the Oslo fjord.
- These vessel will create a new bench mark for the merchant shipping world in the field of Autonomous Vessels with Zero Carbon Emission.
- The 67 Mtr long vessels will initially be delivered as a Full-Electric Transport Ferry, powered by 1846 kWh capacity battery.
- After commissioning of autonomous equipment and field trials in Norway, it will operate as a fully autonomous ferry of ASKO that can transport 16 fully loaded Standard EU trailers in one go across the fjords.
- The Vessels are designed by Naval Dynamics Norway using Kongsberg Maritime systems, with detailed engineering to be carried out by CSL.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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