Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) is the largest green field Ship building and Ship repair yard in the country, situated adjacent to the Port of Cochin in the West Coast of India. The yard is built up in 170 acres of land, out of which 60 acres is set aside for future expansion. Lying close to the site where Vasco Da Gama landed in 1498, it has various points of tourist attraction. Lush green landscape and picturesque backwaters with Jew Street, Willingdon Island, Annual boat races, Vasco Da Gama's grave, Chinese fishing nets, wildlife and bird sanctuaries at Periyar and Alappuzha, tea estates near Munnar, and Ayurveda therapy centres in and around the city makes it one of the 'to be seen' places of the world.
