The US Seventh Fleet will be serviced by the Anil Ambani-owned company Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd. The company has signed an agreement with the US Navy for maintenance of vessels of the fleet whose area responsibility include the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
The Seventh Fleet, with 100 vessels and auxiliaries, 300 aircraft and 40,000 navy and Marine Corps personnel, is headquartered at Yokosuka, Japan. At present the Seventh Fleet docks at Singapore or Japan for repairs and servicing. Reliance Shipyard at Pipvav, Gujarat, was selected by the US Navy for such work following a exhaustively detailed site survey of its facilities in October last year.
Rajesh Dhingra, CEO of Reliance Defence, said: ‘It’s a great opportunity to work with the US Navy and the agreement will help boost cooperation between the India and the United States The pact is a validation of the hard work put by our team to achieve the best international standards at the Reliance Shipyard.’ Warmest congratulations!
