A spokesman of the Indian Ministry of Defence announced back in March that Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL, Visakhapatnam), India's state-owned shipyard, had signed a contract with TAIS, a consortium of five Turkish shipyards, to design and build five large Fleet Support Vessel (FSV) with a displacement of 45,000 tonnes for the Indian Navy.

The Turkish shipyard TAIS recently won a US$2.3Bn contract with the Indian Navy for the delivery of five 45,000-ton fleet support ships, the company announced on May 31.