Ministry of Defence and Goa Shipyard Ltd signs contract for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels for Indian Coast Guard

The Ministry of Defence has inked a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on June 22, 2021, for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels (PCVs) for Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
The two Special Role ships will be indigenously designed, developed and built by GSL, at an estimated cost of Rs 583 crore.
The two vessels are expected to be delivered by November 2024 and May 2025 respectively.
The new PCVs will be used for pollution response requirements in Eastern and the ecologically sensitive Andaman & Nicobar Regions.
It will significantly enhance the capability of ICG to respond to Oil spill disasters at sea as well as improve Pollution Response (PR) efficiency.
The acquisition deal has been signed under ‘Buy Indian – Indigenously Designed Developed & Manufactured (Buy Indian-IDDM)’, the highest priority category for defence capital procurements.