About
Us
HOOGHLY DOCK & PORT ENGINEERS LIMITED (HDPEL), situated at Kolkata,
is one of the oldest shipyards in India. It was established in 1819 in
private sector and called as Hooghly Docking & Engineering Company
Limited. Subsequently, Port Engineering Works (PEW), which was with M/s.
Andrew Yule & Company, was merged with Hooghly Docking & Engineering
Company Limited, the Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL)
was formed. As both the units of the company had been suffering heavy
losses for want of fresh investment and modernization, through an act
of Parliament entitled" The Hooghly Docking & Engineering Company
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1984", Government
of India had nationalized the Company so as to utilize the available infrastructure
through necessary investment for modernization and increase the capacity
for shipbuilding and ship repairing in the country. The nationalized Company
named Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited had remained with the
Ministry of Industry till 27.07.1986 and thereafter transferred to the
Ministry of Surface Transport. Presently, HDPEL is under Administrative
control of Ministry of Shipping, Government of India.
The
Company is rooted in Indian values, yet global in vision, nurturing
a culture where success does not come in the way of need to keep experimenting.
Transcending the conventional barriers of business to send out the message
that it cares. It has been taken by heart that competitiveness has to
be achieved through productivity improvement and excellent customer
service, a primary value addition service. The Company has stood test
of time by growing steadily and offering vast, varied and versatile
services with a personal touch. Its good customer service, notable track
record in house-keeping, adherence to prudential accounting norms and
adoption of modern technologies for betterment of customer service have
earned the Company a place of pride in ship building/ship repairing
community.
Apart
from our expertise in building diversified vessels (as you shall find
later in this site), we also excel in carrying out all sorts of repairs
right from Ocean Going Ships to small Marine Crafts with the help of
skilled dedicated workforce and other infrastructure. Kindly contact
us for any of your requirements.
Today's
HDPEL
In
today's HDPEL you shall find quality of worklife, new vigour, new energy,
new hope and confidence. To provide value added service to the customers
strictly within the time schedule is our only goal.
HDPEL
is now totally focussed and our bottomline is to serve existing and
prospective customers to their fullest satisfaction. We are also now
fully geared to build energy efficient and cheaper mode of river transport
to be an integral part of development of river transport for vast potentials
available to develop Inland Water Transport in the line of the thrust
of efforts by the Central Government to develop waterways for navigation
with necessary infrastructure such fairway, terminals, navigational
aids and fleet so that Inland Water Transport can flourish and compete.
