Sri Lanka Navy, in accordance with naval traditions, has welcomed an Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Shoor arrived at the Port of Colombo on Friday on a goodwill visit.
ICGS Shoor is on a visit to Colombo from 30 March to 03 April 2018. The ship’s visit is aimed at furthering cooperation and enhancing the interaction with the Sri Lanka Navy and the Coast Guard.
Captain of ICGS Shoor M. Murugan told a group reporters who was on a tour to the ship on Monday that the visit was intended to strengthen bilateral ties enjoyed by two countries’ Navies and further cooperation and interoperability between the Coast Guards of both the nations.
ICGS Shoor is an indigenously designed and constructed state of the art multi-purpose vessel that is designed to carry high speed boats for fast boarding operations, firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol. The ship is also capable of carrying pollution response equipment to combat oil spill contamination at sea.
The ship is due to leave Sri Lanka on 3rd April.
