Praga Marine
Praga Marine Pvt. Ltd. is a fiberglass boat manufacturing company. It owns a boatyard, located in the backwaters of Cochin at Aroor Industrial Development Area, Allappuzha District[1] It was incorporated in 1985 and commenced business from that boatyard in 1988. It is promoted by Joe Nejedly. His father Josef Nejedly, a Prague-born Czech national was a pioneer of the fibre glass industry in India during the 1960s.[2]
Products
Praga Marine manufactures various types of fibre-reinforced plastic boats such as rigid-hulled inflatable boats, catamarans and sailboats. The company specializes in large catamarans. In 2003, it built a very large 32 meter catamaran, MV Vrinda for the Oberoi Hotels as a 5-Star cruise ship, which is one of the largest FRP vessel in India. Praga Marine also serially manufactures the Arrow and Lancer brand speedboats, of which over 250 have been sold as of 2011.[1][3][2][4]
| Praga Marine's Products | |
 MV Vrinda Catamaran | |
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Arrow 6 Seater | |
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Lancer 10 Seater |
Ships constructed
- Praga class patrol boat for National Coast Guard (NSG) organisation, Mauritius[5]
Peers
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goa Boat Show
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dreamboat". The Hindu Business Line. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "GRP Cruiser Gives Tourists a Taste of India". nc2f. Net Composites. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "Catamaran King". th2f. The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems, by Eric Wertheim