Kutch: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has strategically based additional Hovercraft at Jakhau, close to the Indo-Pak Maritime frontier and a capital ship at Vadinar in Gulf of Kutch. ICGS Samudra Pavak, a specialised Marine Pollution Control Vessel will now operate from the new Coast Guard Jetty at Vadinar that was recently inaugurated on 01 March 2024 by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shree Ajay Bhatt. Gulf of Kutch is a fast developing area particularly in the oil and port sectors where 70% of the count...Read More

Okha: The Indian Coast Guard will hold the inauguration of the Hovercraft Maintenance Unit (HMU) and the stone-laying (Bhoomi Poojan) ceremony for the Indian Coast Guard jetty at Okha on March 28th. On March 29th, the OTM and Married Accommodations at Veraval will be inaugurated. The Defence Secretary will be the chief guest for both programs. According to the program schedule, on March 28th, at around 11 am, the inauguration of the Hovercraft Maintenance Unit (HMU) and the stone-laying cerem...Read More

Porbandar: Headquarters, No.1 Coast Guard District (South Gujarat, Daman & Diu), conducted an Area Level Pollution Response Seminar and Workshop followed by a Mock Drill on Wednesday at Porbandar.  It aimed at revalidating the response mechanism and SOPs for combating marine oil spills and enabling Indian Coast Guard to fine-tune the area Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan. The event was witnessed by various stakeholders from State Administration, GMB port, private ports, Fisheries,...Read More

Okha: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has launched a search and rescue operation in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast after a fishing boat from Gujarat capsized during an encounter with the Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA). The PMSA stated that the boat was engaged in illegal fishing activities within Pakistani waters and attempted to evade capture. The boat eventually collided with the PMSA ship and capsized, resulting in casualties. After the capsizing, the PMSA ship rescued five out...Read More

Ahmedabad: Headquarters, No. 1 Coast Guard District (South Gujarat, Daman & Diu) conducted a Regional level Maritime Search and Rescue seminar/workshop followed by a sea exercise on 19 March 2024.  The event was aimed at revalidating the procedure and policies established for responding to maritime SAR by all maritime stakeholders and check the readiness and integration of the resource agencies, equipment, communication procedures, and effectiveness on training of maritime SAR. The event...Read More

Porbandar: In an overnight joint operation during night of 11/12 March 2024, the Indian Coast Guard based on intelligence inputs, apprehended a Pakistani Boat with 06 crew and narcotics onboard, worth approx Rs 480 crores. The Boat was apprehended about 350 Km from Porbandar into Arabian Sea in a sea-air coordinated operation involving ICG ships and Dornier Aircraft. The operation exhibited well-coordinated efforts between ICG, NCB and ATS Gujarat. The Indian Coast Guard, on specific intellig...Read More

Dwarka: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Jetty in Vadinar was inaugurated on Friday, marking a significant step towards augmenting infrastructure development in the Indian Coast Guard Region (North-West). The jetty construction was undertaken by the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) as a deposit work at a cost of Rs. 74 crore. Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt inaugurated the jetty in the presence of ICG Director General Rakesh Pal and others. In addition to the ICG Jetty at Vadinar, ICG is also constr...Read More

Porbandar: Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and Indian Navy in a joint operation in sea off the Gujarat coast, captured a boat with 3,300 kg of drugs and apprehended five men suspected to be from Pakistan or Iran. The boat was apprehended near the International Maritime Boundary Line with Pakistan. According to the spokesperson of the Indian Navy, "Indian Navy in a coordinated ops with Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), apprehended a suspicious dhow carrying a...Read More

Porbandar: A Merchant ship MV Chem Pluto was reportedly attacked by a suspected drone strike or aerial platform today. Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai received information regarding fire onboard this Merchant ship with 20 Indian and 01 Vietnamese Crew. The Indian Coast Guard Maritime Coordination Centre (MRCC) established real time communication with the vessel’s agent and ascertained nil loss of life and assured all assistance.It was also learnt that the vess...Read More

Jamnagar: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) at Vadinar, Gujarat on 25 November 2023. Director General Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, Director General Indian Coast Guard, Chairman NOSDCP reviewed the preparedness of all agencies during the exercise. Representatives of various ministries and departments of central and coastal state governments, ports, oil handling agencies and other stake holders participated in the exercise. More than 31 fore...Read More