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ICG seeks land for state office The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has requested the state government to provide two acres of land at Bhubaneswar to open its state office. The ICG has also planned to set up a new Coast Guard station at the Gopalpur port in the state, A Rajasekhar, commander, ICG...

Defence Secretary commissions Coast Guard ship C-147 in Goa Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar on Friday commissioned the Indian Coast Guard ship C-147 at a ceremony in Goa. Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) was also present on the occasion. C-147 is the...

Coast Guard to get 'trustworthy warrior' CHENNAI: The indigenouslybuilt new class offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard, ICGS Vishwast (Trustworthy), will be inducted with the Coast Guard Region (East) at a welcome ceremony on Wednesday at Chennai Port Trust. The ship is expected to...

Orissa to set up State Maritime Board Bhubaneswar, May 14 (PTI) To protect the state's 480-km long coastline, Orissa government today decided to set up a State Maritime Board besides training fishermen against possible terrorist influx through sea route. The state government's decision in this...

Indian Coast Guard issues RFI for shore based helicopter 06 May 2010 : Following the Indian navy RFI for a new Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has issued a Request for Inquiry (RFI) to procure a new shore-based helicopter. As per the RFI, the ICG is looking to...

Cross Posting India to deploy indigenous coastal surveillance system Bangalore: An indigenously built coastal surveillance system would be deployed in 46 strategic western and eastern locations in the country from this November to check intrusions from sea and counter such threats, officials...

Coast Guard Ship Comes To The Rescue Of Merchant Vessel Coast Guard District Headquarters No 4 based at Kochi dispatched Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Lakshmibai from Kochi at about 1:20 AM today in response to a distress call received from MV Arosia, an Antigua and Barbuda' Flagged Bulk...

Karwar port harbours a white elephant At the Port Authority jetty at Baithakhol here, a strange sight greets the visitor. A massive boat is virtually hoist with its petard. A crane has lifted it out of water for repairs to its keel and hull. The interceptor boat lying idle at Karwar port...

Coast Guard strength will not be downsized: Commander Newly commissioned: C-146, an interceptor vessel of Coast Guard, reaching Mandapam for patrolling on Friday. RAMANATHAPURAM: The Deputy Inspector General, B.S. Yadav, Commander, Coast Guard, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, said that the...

Indian Coastguard's Exercise Sagar Kavach ("Ocean Shield") Starts Tomorrow http://livefist.blogspot.com/

Captain arrested for causing accident that sank Indian Coast Guard ship Mumbai: A Filipino captain of a merchant ship has been arrested on charges of rash navigation after his vessel collided with a stationary Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship that sank on Tuesday. Police are also probing if...

ISRO to develop low cost Emergency Locator Transmitters To ensure timely help to fishermen in distress in midsea, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned to develop low cost version of Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT), a senior official said today. "The existing ELT costs...

Indian Coast Guard Rammed,Sinks ICGS Vivek a Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard sank today after being rammed by a merchant vessel. The Vivek was undergoing refit at the Indra dock in Mumbai, when it was rammed by a merchant vessel entering the dock. No...

Coast Guard ship in collision at Mumbai docks A merchant ship collided with an Indian Coast Guard vessel off the Mumbai Coast on Tuesday but no one was injured. The mishap occurred around 5 pm near the Mumbai Port when the merchant ship rammed into a stationary Coast Guard vessel undergoing...

Include fishermen in coastal security: Antony Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said there was an urgent need to incorporate fishermen into the coastal security framework to beef up the country's maritime intelligence network. Speaking at a function held in Vasco, 30 km from here, to...