Panaji: Goa Shipyard Limited, a premier defence public sector undertaking, on Wednesday launched the second indigenously designed Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) Yard 1268 for the Indian Coast Guard at Vasco in South Goa.
Director General of Indian Coast Guard Parmesh Sivamani was present for the launching event of the PCV at Vasco in presence of Goa Shipyard Limited’s Chairman and Managing Director Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay.
The vessel named Samudra Prachet is the second in a series of two Pollution Control Vessels. The first one, Samudra Pratap (Yard 1267) was launched on August 29, 2024.
In his address, Sivamani stressed the strategic importance of this advanced platform in strengthening India’s capacity for coastal environmental protection and pollution response operations.
He said that the vessel will play pivotal role in safeguarding marine ecosystems.
Speaking on the occasion, GSL’s CMD Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay underscored the critical importance of this platform in advancing India’s maritime environmental preparedness.
Upadhyay also said that the vessel has 72 per cent indigenous content, which is a significant contribution to the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
A senior GSL official said that the vessel with the length of 114.5 metres, a breadth of 16.5 metres and a displacement of 4170 tonnes, the ship wil be manned by a complement of of 14 officers and 115 sailors.
He said that the vessel is equipped with two side-sweeping arms capable of collecting oil spills while underway, as well as a modern radar system for detecting oil slicks.
The spokesman said that the vessel is engineered to recover oil across the full viscosity spectrum, pump in contaminated water, analyse and separate pollutants and store recovered oil in dedicated onboard tanks.
