Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Samudra Pavak will be visiting Hamad Port from January 24 to 28, 2017 to coincide with celebrations of India's 68th Republic Day (January 26, 2017). <br/><br/>Hamad Port is the first port of call by ICGS Samudra Pavak during her upcoming overseas deployment to the Gulf region covering Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman. ICGS Samudra Pavak, the third of the Pollution Control Vessel (PCV) series of the Indian Coast Guard, was indigenously designed and commissioned in January 2016. <br/><br/>Samudra Pavak or "Purifier of the Seas" has 15 officers and 99 other personnel under the Command of Deputy Inspector General Satish Kumar. <br/><br/>The 94-metre PCV is equipped with state-of-the-art technology which includes Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), Dynamic Positioning System (DP System), Power Management System (PMS), External Fire Fighting System (EFF) and Pollution Control Equipment for undertaking Coast Guard charter specific duties. <br/><br/>The ship is capable of carrying and operating helicopters from her deck. ICGS Samudra Pavak has been extensively deployed along the northwest maritime frontier to safeguard the maritime interests of India. The ship has been tasked with EEZ surveillance, search and rescue, pollution response and such other duties as enshrined in the Coast Guard charter. <br/><br/>The visit of ICGS Samudra Pavak is the third by an Indian Coast Guard Ship to Qatar in the last three years. ICGS Vijit and ICGS Sankalp had made friendly voyages to Doha port in December 2014 and January 2016, respectively. <br/><br/>The visit of ICGS Samudra Pavak during the celebrations of India's Republic Day will further strengthen the time-tested friendship between India and Qatar, and enhance maritime cooperation between the two countries.