Indian Coast Guard Inducts Pollution Control Vessel Built by Goa Shipyard Ltd
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) recently created history in maritime environment protection by inducting its maiden indigenous Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), 'Samudra Pratap’ (Yard 1267), on 23 December 2025. This ship has been designed and developed by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in accordance with the two ships’ PCV order and has over 60% indigenous development.
'Samudra Pratap' is the first Pollution Control Vessel designed and manufactured in India for the Coast Guard, in addition to being the largest vessel in the ICG fleet so far. It measures 114.5 meters in length, 16.5 meters in width, with a displacement of 4,170 tons, which is expected to increase the response capabilities of the Coastal Guards in the maritime domain with regard to pollution prevention.
The vessel features world-class technology and combat equipment that includes a 30mm CRN-91 gun, two 12.7mm stabilised remote-controlled guns that come with a fire control system, an Integrated Bridge System, an Integrated Platform Management System, an Automated Power Management System, as well as a high-capacity external firefighting system.
One of the main highlights of ‘Samudra Pratap’ is its ability to operate with Dynamic Positioning (DP-1), thus making it the first-ever vessel with this advanced system in the Indian Coast Guard. Additionally, it is also FiFi-2/FFV-2 certified. The ship is designed to respond to pollution prevention activities, and it is equipped with advanced devices for oil spill detection analysis, ranging from an oil fingerprinting machine to an active chemical detector.
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