BL reported that Bharati Shipyard proposes to build more shipyards on the country's east coast

According to Mr Vijay Kumar MD of Bharati Shipyard, the company has six shipyards, five of them on the west coast and one on the east in Kolkata.

Mr Kumar said that "Depending on the availability of land, we would like to launch the proposed shipyards in West Bengal and Orissa.”

It might be noted that Bharati, together with Apeejay Shipping, has been planning for some time to build two modern ship building facilities on the east coast.

(Sourced from Business Line)