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][2][3][4]

External images
Praga Marine's Products
image icon MV Vrinda Catamaran
image icon Arrow 6 Seater
image icon Lancer 10 Seater

Ships constructed

Peers

References

  1. 1 2 Goa Boat Show
  2. 1 2 "Dreamboat". The Hindu Business Line. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "GRP Cruiser Gives Tourists a Taste of India". nc2f. NetComposites. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Catamaran King". The Hindu. 2004-10-11. Archived from the original on 7 November 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. ↑ The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems, by Eric Wertheim
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