Khulna Shipyard

Khulna Shipyard Limited
Company typeState owned enterprise
IndustryShipbuilding
Ship engineering
Defence
Rubber factory[1]
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Headquarters
Labanchara, Khulna
,
Bangladesh
Key people
ProductsWarship
Merchant Vessel
Tankers
Platform supply vessel
Various rubber products[1]
Increase৳58 crore
IncreaseUS$7 million (2015)
OwnerBangladesh Navy
Number of employees
30 Navy officers
10 Navy sailors
343 civil staff
1359 employees
Websitekhulnashipyard.com

The Khulna Shipyard Limited (Bengali: খুলনা শিপইয়ার্ড লিমিটেড) is a Bangladeshi state-owned defense contractor based in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is located on 68.97 acres (27.91 ha) of land at Labanchara, Khulna, Bangladesh. It is about 45 km north from the Port of Mongla. The shipyard has the capacity to build steel / aluminium ships up to 90 m length and 700 tons lightweight.[2] The shipyard has a slipway with a capacity to dock and undock vessels up to 700 tons lightweight and overall length of 84 meters.[3] [4] [5]

The KSY Limited is the largest military shipbuilding company in Bangladesh, and one of Asia's largest builder of complex warships. It has built numerous small to medium-sized patrol crafts, boats, oil tankers and other vessels for the Bangladesh Navy, the Bangladesh Coast Guard and other organizations.[6] As of January 2022, the shipyard has completed a total of 775 shipbuilding (including all categories) and 2,363 ship repair work.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Rubber Factory". Khulna Shipyard. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ "KSY At a Glance". Khulna Shipyard. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Quality". Khulna Shipyard. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (January 30, 2005). "Govt bodies deny Khulna Shipyard work orders. Navy seeks prime minister's intervention". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  5. ^ "Khulna Shipyard lays keel for five more Padma-class patrol vessels for Bangladesh Navy". Janes.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  6. ^ "Khulna Shipyard Limited – A Bangladesh Navy success story". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  7. ^ "খুলনা শিপইয়ার্ডে তৈরি অত্যাধুনিক যুদ্ধ জাহাজ 'শহীদ দৌলত' হস্তান্তর" (in Bengali). Channel 24 (Bangladesh). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.