Praga Marine Explained

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] [4]}

Ships constructed

• Praga class patrol boat for National Coast Guard (NSG) organisation, Mauritius^[5]

Peers

• Anderson Marine
• Bristol Boats
• Navgathi Boatyards
• Vadyar Boats

External links

• Praga Marine at Wikimakia
• IRClass ship information

Notes and References

1. http://www.goaboatshow.biz/gibs/exhibitors/praga%20marine.html Goa Boat Show
2. News: Dreamboat. 2 February 2013. The Hindu Business Line. 19 May 2006.
3. Web site: GRP Cruiser Gives Tourists a Taste of India. nc2f. NetComposites. 28 September 2018.
4. Web site: Catamaran King. https://web.archive.org/web/20041107172820/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/11/stories/2004101101490100.htm. dead. 7 November 2004. The Hindu. 2004-10-11. 2 February 2013.
5. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems, by Eric Wertheim