Indian Coast Guard inducts Samudra Pratap, its largest and first indigenously built pollution control vessel
New Delhi, December 24. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on December 23 inducted Samudra Pratap, the country’s first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), marking a major boost to India’s maritime environmental protection and self-reliance in shipbuilding.
Built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) under a two-vessel PCV project, Samudra Pratap incorporates more than 60 percent indigenous content, reinforcing the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-reliant India) and ‘Make in India’ initiatives.
At 114.5 metres long and 16.5 metres wide, with a displacement of 4,170 tonnes, the vessel is the largest ship in the Indian Coast Guard’s fleet. Its induction significantly enhances the force’s operational reach, particularly in pollution response and offshore safety operations.
The ship is equipped with advanced combat and navigation systems, including a 30 mm CRN-91 gun, two 12.7 mm stabilised remote-controlled guns with integrated fire control systems, an Integrated Bridge System, Integrated Platform Management System, Automated Power Management System, and a high-capacity external firefighting system.
Samudra Pratap is also the first ICG vessel to feature Dynamic Positioning (DP-1) capability and holds FiFi-2 / FFV-2 notation, enabling precise station-keeping and high-end firefighting and pollution response operations. Its specialised equipment includes an oil fingerprinting machine, a gyro-stabilised standoff active chemical detector and a dedicated pollution control laboratory, allowing it to detect, analyse and recover oil and chemical pollutants with high accuracy.
The vessel can operate across India’s Exclusive Economic Zone and beyond, recovering viscous oil, separating contaminants from water and conducting comprehensive environmental response missions.
The induction ceremony was attended by DIG VK Parmar, Principal Director (Materials), Indian Coast Guard, GSL Chairman and Managing Director Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay, and other senior officials from the Coast Guard and Goa Shipyard Limited.
