The Indian Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard held a joint train off the coast of Chennai, as a part of the five-day drill between each nations.
The train was performed in step with the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between each nations, signed in 2006, whereby each nations had agreed to advertise interplay between each Coast Guards, together with visits, annual joint workout routines, coaching exchanges, workshops and seminars.
The five-day train started on January 8, with a give attention to air pollution response coaching on hazardous and narcotics substances to fight maritime air pollution. The interplay and coaching additionally coated responding in real-time, to features of chemical air pollution at sea, with a specific give attention to hazardous chemical substances, and security measures, together with hands-on sensible coaching on the response tools.
It was performed off Chennai and joint response motion in opposition to a state of affairs of collusion between two vessels, resulting in an oil spill from a tanker at sea. And responding to the risk from piracy was additionally taken up in the course of the drill.
That is the twentieth such train being performed between the 2 Coast Guards since its establishment within the 12 months 2000. This was coordinated by Headquarters, Coast Guard Area (East) headed by Inspector Normal Donny Michael, TM.
In continuance of this ongoing cooperation, the Japan Coast Guard Ship ‘Yashima’ arrived in Chennai on 10 Jan 24 on a 4–day goodwill go to. The ship participated within the Annual Joint Train on 12 Jan 24 through which 9 ships and 6 plane of the Indian Coast Guard additionally participated.