en.Wedoany.com Reported - India's Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) conducted selection interviews for the top management position—Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)—of Cochin Shipyard, India's largest state-owned shipyard, with only two candidates participating. After evaluation, the PESB determined that neither candidate met the required qualification standards for the position.

Currently, the position of Chairman and Managing Director at Cochin Shipyard is vacant. Given the unsuccessful outcome of this selection process, the PESB has recommended proceeding with an alternative supplementary recruitment process.

Indian media reports indicate that the CMD position is crucial for Cochin Shipyard. As a key core leadership role, it is responsible for comprehensively coordinating the shipyard's shipbuilding projects, defense contracts, and strategic maritime infrastructure development.

As India's largest state-owned shipyard, Cochin Shipyard secured its first international order for ocean-going container ships in 2026, namely an order from French shipping giant CMA CGM for six 1700 TEU Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) dual-fuel powered feeder container ships. Previously, in 2023, Cochin Shipyard entered the container ship construction market for the first time through a shipbuilding contract with Dutch shipowner Samskip.

Currently, Cochin Shipyard is gradually expanding its capacity to undertake more new ship orders. Major projects already put into operation include a new dry dock completed in early 2024 and an International Ship Repair Facility.

The new dry dock is a stepped design, measuring 310 meters in length, 75/60 meters in width, 13 meters in depth, and with a draft of 9.5 meters. It is capable of constructing vessel types such as LNG carriers, Capesize and Suezmax vessels, oil rigs, and semi-submersible platforms, and is equipped with a 600-ton Goliath gantry crane; its design life is 100 years.

The International Ship Repair Facility features a 6,000-ton shiplift, a transfer system, six workstations, and approximately 1,400 meters of berthing space, capable of simultaneously accommodating seven vessels of 130 meters in length for repairs. This can increase India's ship repair capacity by approximately 25%.

Additionally, Cochin Shipyard is collaborating with South Korea's largest shipbuilding group, HD Hyundai, to enhance Cochin Shipyard's shipbuilding standards and capabilities.

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