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Kochi Water Metro Limited

Live now: 1 tender, largest 15 additional electric ferries retender (value not published).

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Type
Water metro operator — SPV: 74% GoK / 26% KMRL
Market · Region
India · Kerala
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Operates India's first water metro with 6 routes and 10 terminals operational.

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Operates India's first and only water metro — planned 78 electric-hybrid boats, 38 terminals, 16 routes over 76 km; 6 routes and 10 terminals live. The national model: MoPSW's draft water-metro scheme and Chennai's DPR tender copy it.

Type
Water metro operator — SPV: 74% GoK / 26% KMRL
Where
Kerala · Kochi
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Who holds what here

  • awarded CSL — 23 hybrid-electric ferries (October 2019) (active · since 2019-10)
Sources for these relationships (6)
  • ○ Business Standard · Cochin Shipyard signs KMRL contract — 23 hybrid-electric ferries, ₹175.70 cr (published 2019-10-30 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Construction World · Kerala plans Kochi Water Metro expansion to Alappuzha and Kollam (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Construction World · Kochi Water Metro plans major fleet expansion (20 boats in fleet; 3 in build; 15-boat retender; 40 via PPP; airport route study) (published 2026-01-23 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ● Kochi Water Metro (official) · watermetro.co.in — routes, terminals, news (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ● Kochi Water Metro (official) · Tenders published (server-rendered table) (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Wikipedia (cross-checked) · Kochi Water Metro (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
15 additional electric ferries retenderRetendervalue not published
23 hybrid-electric water-metro ferries Cochin ShipyardIn execution₹150–200 cr

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  • Award history (1)
  • Entry path
  • Portals (1)
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6 sources · 2 primary
  • ● Kochi Water Metro (official) · watermetro.co.in — routes, terminals, news (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ● Kochi Water Metro (official) · Tenders published (server-rendered table) (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Wikipedia (cross-checked) · Kochi Water Metro (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Construction World · Kochi Water Metro plans major fleet expansion (20 boats in fleet; 3 in build; 15-boat retender; 40 via PPP; airport route study) (published 2026-01-23 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Construction World · Kerala plans Kochi Water Metro expansion to Alappuzha and Kollam (published 2026 · checked 2026-08-20)
  • ○ Business Standard · Cochin Shipyard signs KMRL contract — 23 hybrid-electric ferries, ₹175.70 cr (published 2019-10-30 · checked 2026-08-20)

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