Steel cutting held at CSL

The steel-cutting ceremonial for 2 ASTDS 70T Bollard Pull Tugs for Polestar Maritime Limited was held astatine Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) connected Friday (February 27, 2026).

The lawsuit was officiated by Vinit Badani, Director, Polestar Maritime Limited, who initiated the cutting of the archetypal alloy successful the beingness of Harikrishnan S. (Director–Operations), Harikumar A., main enforcement officer, Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited, Shiraz V.P. (Executive Director–Shipbuilding), on with different elder officials from CSL and representatives of the classification nine IRS, according to a release.

The 70-tonne bollard propulsion tugs person a magnitude of 33 m, a beam of 12.2 m, and a draught of 4.2 m. The vessels volition beryllium propelled by 2 main engines of 1,838 kW and 2.7 m propellers from Niigata IHI Power Systems Co. Ltd. These tugs volition beryllium built to the designs of Robert Allan Ltd. The existent bid publication of the CSL radical consists of 17 ASD tugs and six greenish tugs, it said.