Indian Coast Guard Archives

26 Mar

Gujarat: Indian Coast Guard to inaugurate facilities in Okha, Veraval

Ahmedabad, March 26, The Indian Coast Guard will inaugurate its Hovercraft Maintenance Unit (HMU) and lay the foundation stone for a new jetty at Okha on March 28, followed by the opening of the Operational Team Mess (OTM) and Married Accommodations in Veraval on March 29 in Gujarat. The Defence Secretary will officiate as the Chief Guest at both events, significantly enhancing the Coast Guard's operational infrastructure. The ceremony on March 28 will commence at 11 a.m. at Arambadha, Okha, where the HMU will be officially inaugurated and the Bhoomi Poojan for the jetty will be conducted. These facilities are…

28 Feb

Indian Coast Guard ships arrive in Sri Lanka for training

Colombo, Feb 28, Indian Coast Guard ships Samarth, an Offshore Patrol Vessel and Abhinav, Fast Patrol Vessel, arrived at Southern port city of Galle for training and professional interaction, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. "The ships will visit Colombo from March 2 to 5 before departing the Island nation. The Commanding Officers of the Indian Coast Guard Ships, Deputy Inspector General P Pradeep Kumar and Commandant (JG) Prabhat Kumar will be calling on Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard and other senior officers," the Indian High Commission said. During the stay, the ships will undertake training for Sri…

22 Mar

Desi hull-mounted sonar for Indian Navy’s ASW SWC

Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) The 16 Anti-Submarine Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (eight each) will have 'desi' hull-mounted sonar. This fact came to light during the launch of INS Androth, second in the series of the eight ASW SWCs being built by GRSE. This totally indigenous sonar has been specially developed for the ASW SWCs, Cmde (retd) P.R. Hari, Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE, said. Earlier in the day, Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, had pointed…

05 Feb

HAL Hands Over ALHs to the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard

Bengaluru: HAL today handed over three Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) to Indian Navy and two ALHs to Indian Coast Guard as part of its 16 ALHs contract at the ongoing Aero India 2021. The helicopters were handed over by Mr. R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL to Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Naval Staff and Mr. K. Natarajan, DG, Coast Guard in the presence of Defence Minister, Mr Rajnath Singh. “The remaining helicopters from the contract are under various stages of production, flight tests and we plan to deliver all the helicopters within the contract delivery schedules despite production slowdown due…