Indian-made embarrassments are nothing new. Recently, India has once again set a new record for itself. According to Russian media, in mid-April this year, Gaden, Kolkata, India, was born in the middle of April. A 3,000-ton gantry crane at Ritchie Shipyard was blown down by the wind. At the moment of the collapse, it also hit the dock and other shipbuilding equipment, almost affecting the P-17A frigate project under construction next to it.
Gantry cranes from Indian shipyards collapsed
According to the Indian side's estimates, the loss caused by the accident is at least 100 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 600 million yuan. Moreover, the P-17A frigate construction project was also affected and fell into a state of shutdown. Allegedly, the P-17A frigate was a P-17A frigate from Kalkatagarden, India. Rich Shipbuilding Engineering Company undertook the sky-high project in 2015, the contract only contains the construction of 3 frigates, but the total price is as high as 200 billion rupees, equivalent to 3 billion US dollars! Indians really deserve to feel lucky, and if they are a little more unlucky, the real loss is much more than that.
Gantry crane before collapse
It stands to reason that Ritchie Shipyard has long been undertaking construction projects for various types of ships in India, and such low-level mistakes should never have occurred. But India is best at "making the impossible possible." According to Russian media disclosure, the gantry crane that occurred in the accident belongs to India's own production, according to the post-investigation, the gantry crane has serious safety risks in both the quality of the body and the installation operation. It can be said that the poor construction quality caused this gantry crane to be blown down by a gust of wind. Warships built by such unreliable shipyards can be imagined.
India's shipbuilding capacity is low
From this accident, it further reflects that there must be various problems in the Indian shipbuilding industry. It seems that "Made in India" wants to rise, or first put good quality off!