The Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sujay’, the sixth in the series of six 105m Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) was commissioned into service in Goa.
The ship is based at Paradip, Odisha under the operational and administrative control of Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East).
The 105 meter OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Ltd and is fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment, sensors.
The ship’s name ‘Sujay’ means ‘Great Victory’ .
It will be deployed extensively for EEZ surveillance and will give a fillip to the maritime protection in the state of Odisha and West Bengal in particular.