Offshore Patrol Vessel: Saksham

The Goa Shipyard Limited recently launched the fifth and final Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS (Indian Coast Guard Ship) Saksham. It is to be commissioned by October 2021. About the Offshore Patrol Vessels These Patrol Vessels are armed with 30-mm guns. They weigh 2,350 tonnes. The hull of these vessels is designed to provide high fuel ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Exclusive Economic Zone • Indian Coast Guard Ship • Offshore Patrol Vessels • Samarth class OPV • Vikram class OPV • Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel

ICGS Sachet Commissioned in Goa: First Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel

On May 15, 2020, the Indian Coast Guard commissioned the first Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel, ICGS Sachet in Goa. The ceremony was chaired by the Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh virtually. Highlights ICGS Sachet is one of the five ships under CGOPV (Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vehicle) project. The project was a follow-on project ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: 2008 Mumbai attacks • Counter-terrorism • ICGS • ICGS Sachet • Indian Coast Guard • Indian ocean region • Offshore Patrol Vessels

ICGS Varaha: commissioned at Chennai Port Trust

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ‘Varaha’ at Chennai Port Trust. The ship would be based at New Mangalore and will operate from New Mangalore port covering up to Kanyakumari. It will be under administrative and operational control of Commander Coast Guard region (west). It will also have on board ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Chennai Port Trust • Defence minister • ICGS Varaha • Larsen & Toubro • Offshore Patrol Vessels • Rajnath Singh

Vijaya: Indian Coast Guard commissions indigenously built patrol vessel 

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned indigenously built patrol vessel ICGS Vijaya in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is second in the series of 98 m offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) commissioned by ICG. ICGS Vijaya It has been designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro (L&T). It is 98-metre long ship. It can carry one ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Defence • Indian Coast Guard • Odisha • Offshore Patrol Vessels • Vijaya

OPV Vikram: L&T hand overs first defence vessel built in private shipyard to Coast Guard

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named “Vikram” to the Indian Coast Guard. It is country’s first-ever such defence vessel to be built in a private shipyard The vessel was indigenously developed in-house at L&T’s Kattupalli shipyard. Its entire design and construction processes have undergone dual certification from American Bureau of ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Defence • Indian Coast Guard • Larsen and Toubro • Offshore Patrol Vessels • OPV Vikram