The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched the second indigenously designed Pollution Control Vessel (PCV), Samudra Prachet, at Goa.
Samudra Prachet follows the first PCV, Samudra Pratap, launched in August 2024.
It has two side-sweeping arms for oil spill collection, modern radar for detecting oil slicks, and equipment to pump, analyse, separate, and store recovered oil onboard.
The vessel was fully designed and built in-house by GSL, with 72% indigenous content.