MCA Barges are flag bearers of Make in India
The seventh Missile Cum Ammunition Barge (MCA) Barge, LSAM 14 (Yard 82), was inducted at a ceremony held on 7 Jan 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Chief Guest for the Ceremony was Cmde Gaurav Doogar, GM (HR), ND (Mbi).
The contract for construction and delivery of eight MCA Barges was concluded with a MSME Shipyard, SECON Engineering Projects Pvt Ltd, Visakhapatnam, on 19 Feb 2021.
These Barges have been indigenously designed by the shipyard in collaboration with an Indian Ship Designing firm and successfully model tested at Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, to ensure their seaworthiness.
The Barges have been built in accordance with the relevant Naval Rules and Regulations of Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
MCA Barges are flag bearers of Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives of Government of India and highlight the Indian Navy’s commitment to encourage MSMEs.
Six of these MCA Barges have already been inducted and are providing an impetus to the operational commitments of Indian Navy by facilitating Transportation, Embarkation and Disembarkation of articles/ ammunition to Indian Navy platforms both alongside jetties and at outer harbours, said the Defence Ministry on 8 Jan 2025. Fiinews.com
