Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd said it laid the keel for the second vessel under its Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) project being executed for Germany’s Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co. KG in Kolkata on Monday, December 29, 2025.
The contract is the largest for MPVs in GRSE’s history.
The project covers design and construction of a modern series of high-performance vessels under the CORAL 7500 DWT MPV series.
The initial contract for four vessels was signed on June 22, 2024, followed by subsequent agreements increasing the total order to twelve vessels. Final contracts, including the ninth to twelfth Hybrid Propulsion MPVs, were signed on September 19, 2025.
Each MPV is to have an overall length of 120 metres, a beam of 17 metres and a draught of 5.85 metres. The vessels are designed to carry 7,500 metric tonnes of cargo and are to be fitted with a single large cargo hold for bulk, general and project cargoes. The design also includes the capability to carry containers on hatch covers and multiple large windmill blades on deck.
The project is being developed in collaboration with German firms including F.H. Bertling, ForestWave Navigation/Schulte & Bruns, and Delft Shipping. Technical design expertise has been provided by M/s SEDS in partnership with GRSE. The ships are to be certified by DNV.
