Tebma Shipyards Limited is a

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based

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company in

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. The company has delivered more than 150 vessels, mainly

offshore support vessel A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms. These ships range from in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function for most of these vessels is logistic support and tr ...

s. It was shut down in June 2018 due to various reasons.

History

Tebma was incorporated in 1984 and commenced operations in 1987. It has shipyards at

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in Karnataka,

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in Kerala and

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in Tamil Nadu. On 24 November 2010, Bharati Shipyard acquired a 51 per cent stake in the Tebma Shipyards for a price of through a fresh issue of capital at a price of Rs 19.20 per share (face value of Rs 10). Tebma in 2011 signed a deal with Vosta LMG, one of the world's largest dredging technology firm, to build dredgers. In 2015, it delivered Dredger 1; the 1st

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for exclusive use by

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The yard is acquired by Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi in 2020

Products

It is primarily engaged in the design and construction of offshore support vessels,

tugboats A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...

dredgers Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...

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s and pilot launches. * Arga Class tugboat * Nakul class tugboat * Bhim class tugboat * Madan Singh Class tugboat * B.C. Dutt class tugboat * Fugro Voyager * Fugro Scout * Mokul Nordic

References

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